Hastings High School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Hinckley · LE10 2QE · Leicestershire
Ages 11–16
- Att852.0
- P80.4
- EM5+57%
- Absence7.5%
0.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 148417
The Hinckley School
Academy converter · Hinckley · LE10 1LE
Ages 11–19 · 1,080 pupils · Leicestershire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
38.7
Overall absence
10.9%
Admissions demand
0.86 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-09-12
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.52
−20+2
Attainment 838.7
English & maths grade 5+34%
English & maths grade 4+57%
EBacc entry9%
EBacc APS: 3.4
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence10.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)29.3%
Unauthorised3.5%
- Authorised absence
- 7.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 955
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.86 · Often has places
1st preferences
114
Places offered
145
1st-preference offers
114
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 385
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 132
- Applications from outside LA
- 5
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill74%
1,080 pupils · 1,450 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,080
- Boys / girls
- 553 / 527
- School capacity
- 1,450
- Capacity fill
- 1,080 / 1,450 (74%)
- Free school meals
- 24.6%
- FSM pupils
- 209
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–19
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE FUTURES TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE FUTURES TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Futures Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Steve Toor
Location
- Address
- Butt Lane
- Postcode
- LE10 1LE
- Town
- Hinckley
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- District
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–19, in Hinckley, Leicestershire, 1,080 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy. Free school meals: 24.6%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Redmoor Academy
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Hinckley · LE10 0EP · Leicestershire
Ages 11–16
- Att847.6
- P80.2
- EM5+48%
- Absence8.7%
1.4 miles away
Heath Lane Academy
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Secondary
Leicester · LE9 7PD · Leicestershire
Ages 11–16
- Att835.3
- P8-0.6
- EM5+30%
- Absence10.9%
2.1 miles away
Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Ofsted: Improved significantlyAcademy converter · Secondary
Nuneaton · CV13 6BF · Leicestershire
Ages 11–16
- Att855.9
- P80.7
- EM5+61%
- Absence7.3%
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Steve Toor
- Telephone
- 01455632183