Hastings High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 23 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Leicestershire
Unique reference
140103
Address
St Catherine's Close, Burbage, LE10 2QE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
859 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
51.1%
Girls
48.9%
First language not English
4.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.1%
Persistent absence
16.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.6%
Mixed 4%
Other White 3.3%
Indian 0.9%
Unclassified 0.7%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
African 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.5
Local authority average 46.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.19
Local authority average 4.13
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE17
Art & DesignGCSE17
BiologyGCSE45
Business Studies:SingleGCSE76
ChemistryGCSE43
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE16
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE49
English LanguageGCSE160
English LiteratureGCSE158
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Hastings High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
189
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
179
2nd preference
83
3rd preference
94
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
179
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
2
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 classes24.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
185
97
88
Year 8
183
100
83
Year 9
173
79
94
Year 10
158
77
81
Year 11
160
86
74
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
84.3%
85.5%
Further education
34.0%
44.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
33.0%
28.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
23.0%
10.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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