Aylestone School
Community school · 443 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.3
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Lady Hawkins' School
- Pupils on roll
- 281of 510 places
- Free school meals
- 17.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 51
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, 22 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Lady Hawkins High School (URN 116940, until 1 November 2011).
What the data says
Lady Hawkins' School has no sixth form. Of the 56 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 48% moved to a sixth form college, 29% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 48% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
German is unusually popular at GCSE: 31% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Herefordshire, County of and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Lady Hawkins' School | Herefordshire, County of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 56 | 1,788 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 77% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 8% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 48% | 37% | 13% |
| — further education college | 29% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 7% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Lady Hawkins' School | Herefordshire, County of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.3 | 44.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 49% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 29% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.72 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 20% | 20% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 22.3 | 33.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.4 | 47.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 9% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 51 | 100% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 80% |
| Mathematics | 51 | 100% | 88% | 18% | 22% | 75% |
| English Literature | 45 | 88% | 86% | 16% | 21% | 84% |
| Geography | 40 | 78% | 41% | 20% | 25% | 65% |
| Combined Science | 31 | 61% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 39% |
| History | 28 | 55% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 64% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 25 | 49% | 8% | 8% | 21% | 64% |
| Biology | 20 | 39% | 23% | 10% | 45% | 80% |
| Physics | 19 | 37% | 23% | 5% | 46% | 74% |
| Chemistry | 19 | 37% | 23% | 5% | 47% | 47% |
| Fine Art | 17 | 33% | 9% | 6% | 28% | 35% |
| Physical Education | 17 | 33% | 11% | 12% | 24% | 41% |
| German | 16 | 31% | 5% | 6% | 33% | 69% |
| Design and Technology | 15 | 29% | 11% | 7% | 23% | 53% |
| Art and Design | 1 | 2% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 7 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.