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Hurst Park Primary Academy

Primary · West Molesey · KT8 1QS

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Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 21 February 2023

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At a glance

452 pupils · 98% of 460 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
11% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
15.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.hurst-park.co.uk/
URN
149900

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 60 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.619 km (≈1.63 mi); distance decided places in 7 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 21 February 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 60 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 2.619 km (≈1.63 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.619 km (≈1.63 mi)

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

59 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
66%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
12%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school66%
Median of its 12 closest peers69%
Surrey average66.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Jennett's Park CofE Primary SchoolBracknell · 18 miles awayExpected standard69%
Pickhurst AcademyWest Wickham · 16 miles awayOutstanding74%
Holystone Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 255 miles awayGood71%
South Farnborough Junior SchoolFarnborough · 18 miles awayGood67%
St Anne's Church Primary SchoolWeston Super Mare · 107 miles awayGood70%
St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, AbingdonAbingdon · 43 miles awayGood69%
Raysfield Primary SchoolBristol · 88 miles awayGood66%
Woodfall Primary and Nursery SchoolNeston · 172 miles awayGood79%
The James Oglethorpe Primary SchoolUpminster · 30 miles awayGood67%
St John's Walham Green Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayOutstanding66%
The Bishops' Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary SchoolChelmsford · 44 miles awayGood80%
Lindley Junior SchoolHuddersfield · 167 miles awayGood65%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 66% (Surrey 64%, England 60%) · Any other White background 10% (Surrey 9%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Surrey 4%, England 3%) · Not recorded 4% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Surrey 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Surrey 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Surrey 4%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Surrey 1%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Surrey 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Surrey 3%, England 5%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.01 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Surrey: 2.93 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

59.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,385; 8.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,730
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance -£199,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher42.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.2%62.3%
Social housing4.5%17.1%
Privately rented11.2%20.5%
Detached houses29.7%22.9%
Flats6.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030331 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£490,000413 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£385,000–£638,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (32)£685,000
Semi-detached (123)£605,000
Terraced (155)£490,000
Flat (103)£357,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.62 km, 2026 entry): 1,538 sales, median £591,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
18an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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