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Hurstmere School

Boys · ages 11–16 · no sixth formBexley, London · Sidcup DA15 9AWTrust: The Howard Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
893of 1,065 places
Free school meals
15.8%
Year 11 cohort 2025
195
Ofsted
Requires improvement, 27 September 2022Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hurstmere School (URN 137368, until 1 September 2024).

What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Hurstmere School’s Year 11 leavers went next, so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Business Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 55% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.1 against 46.1 across England and 50.6 in Bexley, with 42% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bexley and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

MeasureHurstmere SchoolBexleyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)42.150.646.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths42%54%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths64%70%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects26%42%41%
EBacc average point score3.604.514.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort16%23%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils27.536.234.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils44.855.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language7%15%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics195100%88%11%22%70%
English Language195100%89%13%20%65%
English Literature19399%86%10%21%68%
Combined Science15278%65%0%9%40%
Business Studies10855%18%6%20%48%
History9951%41%28%26%77%
Geography8946%41%22%25%70%
Physical Education5629%11%7%24%71%
French5327%18%17%29%72%
Design and Technology5026%11%10%23%44%
Biology4322%23%21%45%86%
Chemistry4222%23%21%47%88%
Physics4222%23%29%46%88%
Fine Art4121%9%5%28%49%
Computer Science3116%13%16%30%55%
Music2714%5%0%33%44%
Psychology2613%3%4%22%65%
Media Studies2312%4%4%20%52%
Religious Studies168%31%0%32%63%
Statistics11%5%20%
Spanish11%19%27%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies36
Music Technology (Electronic)21
Personal Health1

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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.