Hurst Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bexley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.503 miles
Published by London Borough of Bexley · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hurst Primary School is a primary school in Bexley for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 July 2022. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Hurst Primary 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.503 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.503 miles away, the 4th shortest of 16 Bexley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, and the shortest of the 10 years.
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer than in 2025 and nearer than in 2017, though the distance swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 113 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 89 offers went to first-choice families, so 24 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bexley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Dorchester Avenue, Bexley, DA5 3AJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 662 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 July 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders and staff foster a strong sense of community in this large primary school.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are built on mutual respect.”
- “They are confident to approach staff and share any concerns that they may have.”
To improve
- “This means that sometimes pupils do not have the necessary prior knowledge to learn the content in the new curriculum effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 September 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 72% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 113 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 89 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 primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bexley.
- Old Bexley Church of England School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Upton Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Royal Park Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Sherwood Park Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chatsworth Infant School 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Lamorbey Church of England School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Birkbeck Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Crook Log Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published