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The Hurst School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 46 45.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
45.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
41.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
8.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.37 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 45.3[5] 40.6%[5]
2023/24 44.3[3] 40.8%[3] -0.37[3]
2022/23 46.3[6] 46%[6] -0.27[6]
2021/22 46.4[7] 43%[7] -0.51[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
0% 2021/22[9]
Sixth-form college
55% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
25% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[8]
Employment
4% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[9] 0%[9] 49%[9] 36%[9] 6%[9] 5%[9]
2020/21 96%[10] 0%[10] 63%[10] 23%[10] 5%[10] 4%[10]
2019/20 94%[11] 1%[11] 47%[11] 38%[11] 7%[11] 2%[11]
2018/19 97%[12] 4%[12] 44%[12] 36%[12] 10%[12] 3%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
15 Oct 2024[13]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published
20 Nov 2024[13]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
5 Mar 2019[14] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[14] No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
282 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
185 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
204 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 253[15] 174[15] 203[15] 1.2[15] 0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2024 258[15] 181[15] 200[15] 1.3[15] 0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2023 233[15] 189[15] 212[15] 1.1[15] 0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2022 260[15] 194[15] 214[15] 1.2[15] 0.9[15]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1080[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
https://www.thehurst.school/[1]
District
Basingstoke and Deane[16]
Postcode
RG26 5NL[1]
URN
116422[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1014 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language
4.8% 2024/25[17]
SEN support
8.4% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan
2.5% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
15.6% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
92%[18]
Mixed
3.9%[18]
Asian
2.2%[18]
Black
1.6%[18]
Any other ethnic group
0.2%[18]
Unclassified
0.2%[18]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.