Hurstmere School
Secondary · Sidcup · DA15 9AW
Data updated
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.
Inspected 27 September 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
893 pupils · 84% of 1,065 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Boys
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 15.8% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 20.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 151382
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 118 families named it first for 202 Year 7 places, 0.58 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 27 September 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.58 first-choice applications per place202 places offered · 118 first-choice applications · usually has places
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Sidcup school admissions · Bexley school admissions
GCSE results (2024/2025)
195 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is behind 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.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Casterton College Rutland | 48.7 | |
| Trentham Academy | 46.6 | |
| Millais School | 51.6 | |
| Humphrey Perkins School | 48.6 | |
| Thomas Alleyne's High School | 45.1 | |
| The Market Bosworth School | 59.5 | |
| Woolmer Hill School | 56.9 | |
| Heyford Park School | 39.7 | |
| Aylesford School | 37.6 | |
| Heart of England School | 47.2 | |
| Cirencester Deer Park School | 52.5 | |
| Hadleigh High School | 43.6 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 78% (Bexley 40%, England 59%) · Any other White background 5% (Bexley 8%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Bexley 5%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (Bexley 18%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bexley 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Bexley 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Bexley 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Bexley 5%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Bexley 6%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Bexley 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Bexley 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Bexley 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
17.41 suspensions per 100 pupils and 4 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bexley: 13.70 suspensions and 0.13 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
76% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
5.57% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
71.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.6 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 £58,294; 11.9% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (6%) · supplies and services 12% (11%) · educational supplies 8% (6%) · bought-in professional services 3% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £22,000; in-year balance +£372,000
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)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 34.2% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 13.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 44% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 8.4% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 53.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 93% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 0.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 6.3% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 3.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 1.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 55.8% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 9.1% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000461 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £470,000533 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £380,000–£615,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
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
- 4an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 14an 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