Hylands School
About the school
Hylands School is an open secondary school in Essex.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 10 February 2026
- Published
- 8 June 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Category of concern: SM
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Urgent improvement
Curriculum and teaching
Urgent improvement
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Urgent improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 37.8
- Essex
- 45.1
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Essex
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 37.80%
- Essex
- 43.10%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 54.40%
- Essex
- 63.70%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 3.30%
- Essex
- 38.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.16
- Essex
- 3.97
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- C
Average A-level points
- School
- 31.43
AAB or better
- School
- Suppressed
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
640
Girls
47.03%
Boys
52.97%
SEN support
18.91%
Education, health and care plan
2.97%
English as an additional language
20.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
44.39%
Overall absence
12.34
Persistent absence
34.18
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
115
Sustained education or employment
82%
Education
79%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
2%
Not sustained
13%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
56
Sustained education or employment
82%
Higher education
36%
Further education
2%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
39%