Hurstmere School
Hurst Road, Sidcup, DA15 9AW
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Hurstmere School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- None
- Principal
- Mrs Lynn Bennett
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 1,065
- Pupils on roll
- 1,019
- URN
- 137368
- Local authority
- Bexley
About this school
Hurstmere School was a boys' secondary academy in Sidcup. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 1,019 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hurstmere School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2011, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 216 | 208 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.5 | 45.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.30 -0.49 to -0.11 | -0.07 -0.27 to +0.12 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 49% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 68.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 40% | 29.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Trends over time
How Hurstmere School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bexley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43.5 | 44 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 45.1 | 44.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 42 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,030 |
| 2023/24 | 1,019 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hurstmere School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8% | 13.9% | 1,019 | — |
| Hurstmere School | 42.1 | 7.2% | 16.9% | 893 | 0.0 miles |
| Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School | 75.6 | 3.8% | 4.8% | 1,561 | 0.3 miles |
| Cleeve Park School | 39.7 | 8.6% | 34.6% | 994 | 0.7 miles |
| Blackfen School for Girls | 44.1 | 9.8% | 19.4% | 1,324 | 0.7 miles |
| Bexley Grammar School | 74.7 | 5% | 4.2% | 1,504 | 1.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.9%
- English as an additional language
- 7.1%
- Overall absence
- 8%
- Persistent absence
- 23.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hurstmere School0.0 miles
Secondary · Sidcup
-
Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School0.3 miles
Secondary · Sidcup
-
Cleeve Park School0.7 miles
Secondary · Sidcup
-
Blackfen School for Girls0.7 miles
Secondary · Sidcup
-
Bexley Grammar School1.3 miles
Secondary · Welling
Other schools in Sidcup
- Blackfen School for Girls Secondary
- Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School Secondary
- Cleeve Park School Secondary
- Hurstmere School Secondary
- Kemnal Technology College Secondary
- Birkbeck Primary School Primary
- Burnt Oak Junior School Primary
- Chatsworth Infant School Primary
- Days Lane Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity Lamorbey Church of England School Primary
- Hope Community School Primary
- Longlands Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hurstmere School teach?
- Hurstmere School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Sidcup.
- Has Hurstmere School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hurstmere School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Hurstmere School?
- Hurstmere School had 1,019 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Hurstmere School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.5 in 2022/23 and 45.1 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hurstmere School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hurstmere School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 August 2024.