The Hayling College
Church Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0NU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Martyn Reah
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Havant
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 516
- URN
- 116423
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02392466241
About this school
The Hayling College is a foundation secondary school in Hayling Island. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 516 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 112 | 106 | 95 |
| Attainment 8 score | 41.8 | 34.9 | 38.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.50 -0.77 to -0.23 | -0.78 -1.06 to -0.51 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 20.8% | 35.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 48.1% | 55.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 17% | 8.5% | 7.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Hayling College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 41.8 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 34.9 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.3 | 37.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 573 |
| 2023/24 | 565 |
| 2024/25 | 553 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Hayling College compares
The Hayling College ranked 55th of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 33% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.3 | 9.3% | 28.2% | 516 | — |
| Admiral Lord Nelson School | 40.4 | 8.3% | 27.4% | 1,245 | 3.7 miles |
| Miltoncross Academy | 36.3 | 11.8% | 42.6% | 983 | 3.8 miles |
| Warblington School | 36.4 | 11.2% | 32.3% | 810 | 3.9 miles |
| The Portsmouth Academy | 33.5 | 12% | 55.8% | 1,203 | 4.4 miles |
| Priory School | 44.7 | 9.4% | 35% | 1,278 | 4.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.21%
- English as an additional language
- 6%
- Overall absence
- 9.28%
- Persistent absence
- 24.04%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Admiral Lord Nelson School3.7 miles
Secondary · Portsmouth
-
Miltoncross Academy3.8 miles
Secondary · Portsmouth
-
Warblington School3.9 miles
Secondary · Havant
-
The Portsmouth Academy4.4 miles
Secondary · Portsmouth
-
Priory School4.4 miles
Secondary · Southsea
Other schools in Hayling Island
- Mengham Infant School Primary
- Mengham Junior School Primary
- Mill Rythe Infant School Primary
- Mill Rythe Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Hayling College teach?
- The Hayling College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Hayling Island.
- Who is the headteacher of The Hayling College?
- The headteacher of The Hayling College is Mr Martyn Reah, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Hayling College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Hayling College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Hayling College?
- The Hayling College has 516 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Hayling College full?
- The Hayling College has capacity for 750 pupils and 516 on roll (69%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Hayling College a faith school?
- No. The Hayling College has no designated religious character.
- Is The Hayling College a selective school?
- No. The Hayling College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have The Hayling College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 41.8 in 2022/23 and 38.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Hayling College rank locally?
- The Hayling College ranked 55th of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 33% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Hayling College's absence rate?
- The Hayling College's overall absence rate is 9.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Hayling College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Hayling College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.