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Hurst Green Infant School & Nursery

Primary · Oxted · RH8 0HJ

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Good

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 9 November 2022

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At a glance

100 pupils · 111% of 90 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
34.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.hursttlt.co.uk
URN
150346

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 28 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.839 km (≈0.52 mi); distance decided places in 4 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 9 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 28 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.839 km (≈0.52 mi)

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 75% (Surrey 64%, England 60%) · White Gypsy/Roma 7% (Surrey 1%, England 0%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Surrey 4%, England 3%) · Not recorded 4% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Surrey 9%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Surrey 0%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Surrey 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Surrey 1%, England 2%)

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)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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

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
15.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 18% moved to another state school

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)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.8 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 £51,359; 14.3% 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£7,969
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£15,000

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier70.1%62.3%
Social housing19.5%17.1%
Privately rented9.7%20.5%
Detached houses12.5%22.9%
Flats12.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms18.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030840 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£550,000181 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£430,000–£729,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (63)£775,000
Semi-detached (55)£515,500
Terraced (51)£450,000
Flat (12)£310,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.84 km, 2025 entry): 155 sales, median £550,000. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
9an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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