Hurstmere School
Hurstmere School is a boys' secondary academy in Sidcup, London Borough of Bexley, teaching 893 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its last graded inspection in September 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 42.1 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Hurstmere School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Hurstmere School.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Day Thursday 28 August 2025 Inset Day
- INSET Day Friday 29 August 2025 Inset Day
- INSET Day Monday 1 September 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term Start (Term 1) Tuesday 2 September 2025 Term
- Autumn Term End (Term 1) Friday 17 October 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Monday 20 October 2025 - Friday 31 October 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term Start (Term 2) Monday 3 November 2025 Term
- INSET Day Friday 5 December 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term End (Term 2) Friday 19 December 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Monday 22 December 2025 - Friday 2 January 2026 Holiday
- INSET Day Monday 5 January 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Term Start (Term 3) Tuesday 6 January 2026 Term
- Spring Term End (Term 3) Thursday 12 February 2026 Term
- INSET Day Friday 13 February 2026 Inset Day
- February Half Term Monday 16 February 2026 - Friday 20 February 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Start (Term 4) Monday 23 February 2026 Term
- Spring Term End (Term 4) Thursday 2 April 2026 Term
- Good Friday Friday 3 April 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Monday 6 April 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Tuesday 7 April 2026 - Friday 17 April 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Start (Term 5) Monday 20 April 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday Monday 4 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term End (Term 5) Friday 22 May 2026 Term
- Spring Bank Holiday Monday 25 May 2026 Holiday
- May Half Term Tuesday 26 May 2026 - Friday 29 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Start (Term 6) Monday 1 June 2026 Term
- Summer Term End (Term 6) Friday 17 July 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday Saturday 18 July 2026 - Monday 31 August 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Hurstmere School with London Borough of Bexley and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 42.1 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school London Borough of Bexley England
Attendance 19.6% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school London Borough of Bexley England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Hurstmere School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Hurstmere School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.