Hastings High School, Hinckley

In 2026, pupils at Hastings High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 54.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.8 in Leicestershire and 47 across England.

59% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Leicestershire and 47% in England.

That is up from 48.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.4: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 38.2, against 56.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 18.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Geography, Combined Science and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 175 families put Hastings High School as their first choice and 400 named it as one of their preferences, for 185 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Hastings High School are The Hinckley School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.2); Redmoor Academy (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.6); Heath Lane Academy (2.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.2); and Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy (3.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 56.8).

Hastings High School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Of the 173 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 34% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

15.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 4.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Hastings High School had 63 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Hinckley Rail Station, about 1020 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Forryan Road (outside), 190 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 184 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leicestershire (58), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Hastings High School issued 65 suspensions, 7.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Hastings High School are Burbage Church of England Infant School (0.6 miles); Burbage Junior School (0.6 miles); Saint Peter's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (0.6 miles); and Hinckley Parks Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.