The Hurst School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Hampshire
Brimpton Road, Tadley, RG26 5NL
63
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.6%
20.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,021
Capacity used
Nearly full95%
1,080 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
174 of 174 families who put it first got an offer
203
Places offered
253
Total applications
1.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 174 | 174 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 56 | 24 | ● 43% |
| 3rd preference | 21 | 5 | ● 24% |
| Later preferences | 2 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 253 | 203 | 80% |
1st preference success by year
Hampshire lets families list 3 preferences. 10 applications came from outside the council area (5 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jayne McLaren
- Address
- Brimpton Road, Baughurst, Tadley, RG26 5NL
- Phone
- 01189817474
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Ward / constituency
- Tadley North, Kingsclere & Baughurst · North West Hampshire
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 116422
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 15% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 4% | — | — |
| SEN support | 8% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,021 pupils · 1,080 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
16 October 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,034 pupils
Attendance
92.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 44.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.37 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 41% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 63% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.95 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 40.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 63.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 27.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.98 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 180 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 177 | 10% | 37% | 60% | |
| English Literature | 177 | 11% | 50% | 73% | |
| Mathematics | 175 | 18% | 53% | 80% | |
| Combined Science | 119 | 6% | 30% | 63% | |
| History | 94 | 18% | 47% | 59% | |
| Design & Technology | 63 | 6% | 40% | 59% | |
| Business | 61 | 5% | 33% | 49% | |
| Art and Design | 59 | 22% | 73% | 86% | |
| Biology | 58 | 34% | 84% | 97% | |
| Physics | 58 | 36% | 81% | 97% | |
| Chemistry | 58 | 26% | 72% | 97% | |
| Physical Education | 43 | 9% | 28% | 44% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Hampshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.