Hazelwick School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 3 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
West Sussex
Unique reference
137263
Address
Hazelwick School Close, Three Bridges, RH10 1SX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1890 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
53.6%
Girls
46.4%
First language not English
32.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.7%
Persistent absence
15.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 40.6%
Pakistani 10.9%
Indian 9.3%
Other White 8.8%
Mixed 8.7%
Other Asian 8.5%
African 4.5%
Other 2.1%
Unclassified 1.7%
Bangladeshi 1.6%
Other Black 1.5%
Chinese 0.8%
Caribbean 0.7%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 42%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.1
Local authority average 46.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.55
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award13
TourismTechnical Award16
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)1
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE67
BiologyGCSE49
Business Studies:SingleGCSE98
ChemistryGCSE49
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE54
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Hazelwick School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
306
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
467
2nd preference
397
3rd preference
209
From another Local Authority
56
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
285
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
297
162
135
Year 8
329
177
152
Year 9
301
160
141
Year 10
296
159
137
Year 11
303
168
135
Year 12
196
99
97
Year 13
168
88
80
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
87.5%
85.5%
Further education
22.0%
40.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
54.0%
26.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
15.0%
19.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
70.0%
54.3%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
14.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
2.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022