Compared with the local authority and England
Attainment 8 scores a pupil's best 8 GCSE results, out of about 90. Progress 8 compares those results with pupils who started secondary school at the same level: 0 is average.
| Measure | School | Bexley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 42.1 | 50.6 | 46.1 |
Grade 4 is a standard pass; grade 5 is a strong pass.
| Measure | School | Bexley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% | 54% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 70% | 65% |
| 5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4, including English and maths | 56% | 66% | 60% |
The EBacc is English, maths, science, a language, and history or geography. It is a set of subjects rather than a qualification.
| Measure | School | Bexley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entering the EBacc | 26% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
Based on 195 pupils at the end of key stage 4.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Apply through the council where you live by 31 October in your child's Year 6, for a place starting the following September. You apply to your home council even if Hurstmere School is in another council's area, and can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference. Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
No. Distance only counts when Hurstmere School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.