The Hinckley School

The Hinckley School has been inspected for the first time since becoming an academy and has been rated as good overall. The school demonstrates a strong sense of community and positive behavior among students, with a curriculum designed to support a wide range of subjects and personalized support for sixth-form students. The leadership, alongside valuable support from The Futures Trust, has cultivated an environment where pupils feel they belong and have aspirations for their futures, although some attendance issues among vulnerable groups have been identified.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate politeness and respect.
• High aspirations for all students with effective support for transition from primary school.
• Strong pastoral guidance throughout the school.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum that includes a variety of subjects.
• Effective support for reading, allowing pupils to catch up quickly.
• Well-stocked library with quality texts.
• Staff collaboration and prioritization of well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checking of pupils' understanding in some lessons.
• Certain lessons lack clarity in explanations and focus on important knowledge.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Hinckley School attended 90.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 26.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 7.1% of pupils at The Hinckley School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Hinckley School had 15.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.1% of pupils at The Hinckley School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 The Hinckley School received £7,620 and spent £7,464 for each of its 1,137 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £1,000 (-£1 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of The Futures Trust, income was £7,284 and spending £6,842 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Hinckley · Leicestershire local authority: places and applications

The Hinckley School is part of The Futures Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Redmoor Academy Hinckley
• Camp Hill Primary School Nuneaton
• Keresley Newland Primary Academy Coventry
• President Kennedy School Academy Coventry
• Parkgate Primary School Coventry
• Stoke Park School Coventry
• Keresley Grange Primary School Coventry
• Coundon Court Coventry
• Barr's Hill School Coventry

What is The Hinckley School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Hinckley School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023.

When was The Hinckley School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Hinckley School was last inspected in October 2023.

How many pupils does The Hinckley School have?

The Hinckley School has 1,080 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Hinckley School cover?

The Hinckley School for pupils aged 11 to 19.

What are The Hinckley School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 42.2, and 38% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is The Hinckley School?

The Hinckley School is at Butt Lane, Hinckley, LE10 1LE.