Hazelwick School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 4 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
1883 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
53.4%
Girls
46.6%
First language not English
31.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.1%
Persistent absence
15.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 40.9%
Pakistani 11%
Mixed 9.2%
Indian 9.2%
Other White 8.6%
Other Asian 8.5%
African 3.7%
Unclassified 2.4%
Other 1.9%
Bangladeshi 1.7%
Other Black 1.2%
Chinese 0.8%
Caribbean 0.6%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.36
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 43%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.1
Local authority average 46.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.52
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award14
Art & DesignGCSE40
BiologyGCSE54
Business Studies:SingleGCSE94
ChemistryGCSE54
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE80
Design & TechnologyGCSE44
English LanguageGCSE293
English LiteratureGCSE290
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE22
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Hazelwick School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
294
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
387
2nd preference
362
3rd preference
211
From another Local Authority
36
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
273
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
330
177
153
Year 8
300
159
141
Year 9
301
163
138
Year 10
299
164
135
Year 11
298
162
136
Year 12
174
91
83
Year 13
181
90
91
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
88.5%
86.5%
Further education
17.0%
37.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
65.0%
28.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
20.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
75.0%
56.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
14.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
14.0%
12.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020