The Hayling College

Foundation school·Secondary school Hayling Island, Hampshire·PO11 0NU
Composite score
47.9
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#2,736
National rank
#401
In South East
#56
In Hampshire
Top 86%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
38.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
36%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
56%
% EBacc grade 5+
2%
EBacc average points score
3.15

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
55 first choices, 70 places
First choices per place
0.79
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
78
any preference, for 70 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.16
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720220.9720230.9520240.9420250.792026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put The Hayling College first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
553
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
6.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
11.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
31.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.6
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,907
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
92%
112 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
80%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
8%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About The Hayling College

The Hayling College is a secondary school in Hayling Island, Hampshire, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 553 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 38.3 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 3.4 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

36% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 56% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made The Hayling College their first choice was offered one of its 70 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 11.1%. There are about 14.6 pupils per teacher. The Hayling College does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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