The Hinckley School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D50
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Hinckley, LE10 1LE
- Distance
- 3.4km away
Heath Lane Academy
Heath Lane, Earl Shilton, Leicester, LE9 7PD
Local ranking35th of 44 secondary schools in Leicestershire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
800
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 26 February 2025. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 58.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 117
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 674
- Boys
- 312 (48%)
- Girls
- 332 (52%)
- Capacity
- 800 (81% full)
- SEND
- 16.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.0%
- EAL
- 5.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.7%
- SEN Support
- 13.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,228/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 85.9%
- White Other: 4.0%
- Black African: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
85.9%
White British
4.0%
White Other
3.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Heath Lane
Leicester, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 138327
- UKPRN
- 10037605
- Establishment No.
- 4011
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
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