The Hayling College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 38 37.5 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 37.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 24.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.78 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	38.3[5]	35.8%[5]
2023/24	34.9[3]	20.8%[3]	-0.78[3]
2022/23	41.8[6]	35%[6]	-0.50[6]
2021/22	36.6[7]	34%[7]	-0.89[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 92% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 1% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 6% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 73% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 4% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 8% 2022/23[8]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	92%[9]	3%[9]	0%[9]	78%[9]	4%[9]	5%[9]
2020/21	95%[10]	1%[10]	0%[10]	78%[10]	3%[10]	10%[10]
2019/20	94%[11]	5%[11]	1%[11]	79%[11]	4%[11]	5%[11]
2018/19	90%[12]	3%[12]	0%[12]	73%[12]	7%[12]	7%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 24 Sep 2024[13]
Type: S5 Inspection[13]
Report published: 26 Nov 2024[13]
Personal development: Requires improvement[13]
Quality of education: Requires improvement[13]
Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement[13]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Requires improvement[13]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
14 Jun 2023[14]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14]	No overall grade[14]
6 Feb 2018[15]	Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2[15]	Good[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 1.1 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference): 78 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences: 55 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered: 70 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place: 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[16]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	97[16]	83[16]	88[16]	1.1[16]	0.9[16]
Entry Sept 2024	97[16]	90[16]	95[16]	1.0[16]	0.9[16]
Entry Sept 2023	108[16]	97[16]	100[16]	1.1[16]	1.0[16]
Entry Sept 2022	144[16]	130[16]	134[16]	1.1[16]	1.0[16]

Admissions

Places (published admission number): 120 Entry Sept 2027[17]

Character & practicalities

Type: Foundation school[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 750[1]
Local authority: Hampshire[1]
Website: https://www.hayling.hants.sch.uk/[1]
District: Havant [18]
Postcode: PO11 0NU[1]
URN: 116423[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 553 2024/25[19]
English as an additional language: 6% 2024/25[19]
SEN support: 18.3% 2024/25[19]
EHC plan: 4.5% 2024/25[19]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 28.2% 2024/25[19]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 90.1%[20]
Mixed: 5.4%[20]
Asian: 2.7%[20]
Black: 0.8%[20]
Any other ethnic group: 0.6%[20]
Unclassified: 0.4%[20]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
hayling.hants.sch.uk: hayling.hants.sch.uk — 11a Admissions Policy 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
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The published admission number for the academic year 2027/2028 is 120. (p. 3)
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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