Hinchley Wood 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
Surrey
Unique reference
137855
Address
Claygate Lane, Hinchley Wood, KT10 0AQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1381 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
54.4%
Girls
45.6%
First language not English
6.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.1%
Persistent absence
11.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.2%
Mixed 10.6%
Other White 6.4%
Indian 1.8%
Chinese 1.4%
Other 1.3%
Unclassified 1.3%
Other Asian 1.2%
African 0.7%
Pakistani 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 33%
Local authority average 44%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 81%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 64.3
Local authority average 50.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.74
Local authority average 4.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE22
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE28
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
Art & DesignGCSE28
BiologyGCSE53
Business Studies:SingleGCSE105
ChemistryGCSE53
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE57
English LanguageGCSE216
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Hinchley Wood School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
209
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
331
2nd preference
119
3rd preference
120
From another Local Authority
158
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
204
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
7
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 classes22.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
223
120
103
Year 8
224
115
109
Year 9
225
134
91
Year 10
222
126
96
Year 11
218
108
110
Year 12
131
69
62
Year 13
138
79
59
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
88.6%
85.5%
Further education
16.0%
25.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
52.0%
29.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
25.0%
32.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.0%
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
79.0%
64.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
44.0%
24.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.6%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022