The Hurst School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Tadley, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
6.3 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Hurst School is a secondary school in Tadley, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 16 October 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
The Hurst School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 6.3 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 6.3 miles away, the 8th longest of 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2019, the one earlier year with a published outcome.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 185 first-choice applications for 204 offers; 182 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (2%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 41% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 45.3 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Brimpton Road, Baughurst, Tadley, RG26 5NL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,021 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 16 October 2024
Strengths
- “The school puts pupils at the heart of everything it does.”
- “Pupils who told inspectors that ‘they don't just hear, they listen’ summed this up.”
- “Pupils feel happy and safe, which is reflected in their high attendance.”
To improve
- “Pupils achieve well in most subjects, but there are some variations.”
- “There remains more to do before the school’s ambitions for all pupils are fully met.”
- “However, teachers’ expectations are sometimes less clear, and lesson time is not always used productively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 41% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.3 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 185 first-preference applications, 204 offers in total, 182 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Everest Community Academy 6.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Clere School 6.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Vyne Community School 6.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School 7.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- The Blue Coat School Basingstoke 7.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cranbourne 7.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Costello School 7.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brighton Hill Community School 8.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published