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The Hinckley School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Academy

Butt Lane, Hinckley LE10 1LE · hajc.leics.sch.uk · 01455 632183

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Sept 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
43.8
average Attainment 8 score. Leicestershire 46.2, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,080
74% of 1,450 places
Local authority
Leicestershire
Sixth form
Yes
Free school meals
24.6%
First language not English
9.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Futures Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 143 families put the school first and 158 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 116 (Places 167)116September 2023: 121 (Places 186)121September 2024: 114 (Places 145)114September 2025: 109 (Places 118)109September 2026: 143 (Places 158)143Places 158
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261581430.9100%
September 2025Sept 20251181090.9100%
September 2024Sept 20241451140.8100%
September 2023Sept 20231861210.799%
September 2022Sept 20221671160.799%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.8, and 41% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leicestershire it was 46.2, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (27.3 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 39.9 (England 46.3)39.92017/18: 40.5 (England 46.5)40.52018/19: 40.1 (England 46.7)40.12021/22: 46.7 (England 48.8)46.72022/23: 41.2 (England 46.3)41.22023/24: 38.7 (England 45.9)38.72024/25: 43.8 (England 46.0)43.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼43.846.0
▼41.0%45.4%
●66.0%64.8%
▼25.0%40.5%
●3.934.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 141682)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form28.3−12
Sixth form college9.2+6.1
Further education42.1+5.6
Other education0.7—
Apprenticeship3.3−0.5
Employment2.6−1.8
Not in a lasting destination7.9−0.3
Activity not captured5.9+2.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 34.1 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 31.0 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 30.7 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 29.0 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 34.6 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 26.8 (England 34.2)C-2023/24: 31.0 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 27.3 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
123 studentsC- (27.3)Below average -0.30
123 studentsC- (27.4)Below average -0.31
63 studentsMerit+ (26.9)Average -0.13
6%AAB or better
86.7%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24120C (31)-0.11
2022/23112C- (26.8)—
2021/22135C+ (34.6)—
2018/19184C (29)-0.16
2017/18216C (30.7)+0.05
2016/17273C (31)-0.08
2015/16195C+ (34.1)-0.14

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University58.9+11.8
Apprenticeship8.1−2.2
Employment23.4−10.4
Not in a lasting destination7.3+3.6
Activity not captured2.4+0.2

Ofsted

The Hinckley School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 12 September 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
12 Sept 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, May 2018

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 141682), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2019Monitoring visitEffective action

Before September 2019

  • Dec 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
  • May 2018Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingNot effective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 141682)

What parents said

58% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (101 replies, to 2 September 2024).

Recommend
58%
Replies
101
2 Sept 2024
Child is happy at school▼67% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼69% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼55% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼70% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼69% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼51% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼70% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼84% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●90% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼57% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼60% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 80% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼27% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 51% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼26% agreeEngland 67%

based on 19 parents (19%) with SEND

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