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Dorothy Goodman School Hinckley

Mixed · ages 4–19 · with sixth formLeicestershire, East Midlands · Hinckley LE10 0EATrust: Open Thinking PartnershipSchool website
Pupils on roll
432of 420 places
Free school meals
43.2%
Year 11 cohort 2025
30
Ofsted
Good, 25 October 2022Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Dorothy Goodman School Hinckley (URN 132154, until 1 June 2012).

What the data says

Of the 32 pupils who finished Year 11 at Dorothy Goodman School Hinckley in 2023, 0% stayed on in Dorothy Goodman School Hinckley’s own sixth form (Leicestershire average 28%), 13% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 3.2 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Leicestershire, with 3% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 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 Leicestershire and England.

This school
Leicestershire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolLeicestershireEngland
Pupils in the cohort327,799607,348
Any sustained destination100%93%92%
Stayed in education100%85%86%
— school sixth form0%28%34%
— sixth form college3%10%13%
— further education college13%44%37%
— other education84%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%5%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolLeicestershireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)3.246.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths3%47%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths3%67%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%42%41%
EBacc average point score0.264.134.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort43%19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils2.532.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils3.849.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language7%8%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics27%88%22%
English Language27%89%20%
Combined Science27%65%9%
English Literature27%86%21%
Business Studies13%18%20%
Drama13%7%27%
Media Studies13%4%20%

A levels and other level 3 courses

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
English Literature11%
Mathematics31%
Psychology23%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
MathematicsGCE AS level (All)
Social ScienceVRQ Level 3

Other secondary schools in Leicestershire

Ashby School

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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1

Beauchamp College

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94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9

Bosworth Academy

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81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.6

Brockington College

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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.8

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.