The Hayling College
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · Hayling Island, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Hayling College is a secondary school in Hayling Island, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
The Hayling College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 26 of the 65 other Hampshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 55 first-choice applications for 70 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 15 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 36% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 38.3 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Church Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0NU
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 516 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from the warm relationships they build with caring staff.”
- “Pupils receive thoughtful support that builds their confidence and raises aspiration.”
- “Very recent changes to the curriculum mean that pupils are now learning a wide range of subjects in greater depth.”
To improve
- “In some lessons, learning is not matched to pupils’ needs.”
- “Pupils do not spend enough time practising new ideas independently or linking concepts together.”
- “Some pupils are not suitably challenged to develop their thinking.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.3 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 55 first-preference applications, 70 offers in total, 55 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Warblington School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Purbrook Park School 5.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crookhorn College 5.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oaklands Catholic School 5.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Havant Academy 5.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Cowplain School 7.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Portchester Community School 7.4 mi Good Last distance published
- King's Academy Brune Park 8.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published