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The Hayling College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Foundation school
Church Road, Hayling Island PO11 0NU · hayling.hants.sch.uk · 023 9246 6241
On the mapSearch near PO11 0NU
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Hampshire 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 516
- 69% of 750 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 30%
- First language not English
- 5.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 55 families put the school first and 70 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 70 | 55 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 88 | 83 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 95 | 90 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 100 | 97 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 134 | 130 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.3, and 35.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hampshire it was 45.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼35.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼55.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼7.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.15 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.9 | −2.5 |
| Further education | 75.5 | −2.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.7 | +0.5 |
| Employment | 4.7 | +1.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.5 | −1.8 |
| Activity not captured | 6.6 | +5.8 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Hayling College on 24 September 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 24 Sept 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jun 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
43% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (178 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 43%
- Replies
- 178
- 32% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied
based on 34 parents (19%) with SEND