SF School Facts UK

Secondary school in Hayling Island, Hampshire

The Hayling College

Church Road, Hayling Island, Hampshire, PO11 0NU

School website 02392466241

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 24 September 2024.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

38.3 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

36% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

56% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

3.2 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

7% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

-0.78confidence interval -1.06 to -0.51

Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well below average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
516
Places
750
How full
69% full — 516 of 750 places taken, so places are likely to be available
Girls / boys
270 / 246
Overall absence
9%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
24%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
28%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
6%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
5%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
18%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
92%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
80%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
4%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
1%
No sustained destination
6%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
112

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Havant 017B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
27%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
21%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
78%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
4%

England 17%

Households with no car
17%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
53%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Martyn Reah
Local authority
Hampshire
Ward
Hayling East
Constituency
Havant
URN
116423

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Admiral Lord Nelson SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 40.4 3.7 mi
Miltoncross AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 36.3 3.8 mi
Releasing Potential SchoolOther independent school No grade 3.8 mi
Warblington SchoolCommunity school No grade 36.4 3.9 mi
The Portsmouth AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 33.5 4.4 mi
Mayfield SchoolAcademy sponsor led Inadequate 2022 4.4 mi
Priory SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 44.7 4.4 mi
Madani AcademyOther independent school No grade 4.5 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Pudsey Grammar SchoolFoundation school Good 2024 44
The Regis SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 43.6
The Ramsey Academy, HalsteadAcademy sponsor led No grade 39.3
Kempston AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 40.3
St Thomas Becket Catholic SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 38.7
Goole AcademyAcademy converter Good 2022 49.9
Buckler's Mead SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 44.5
The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School)Academy converter No grade 42.7

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

All published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. If something here looks wrong, the school's own website is the authority on admissions and open days.