Academy converter · Primary
Bexley · DA5 3JR · Bexley
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 140243
Hurst Primary School
Academy converter · Bexley · DA5 3AJ
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
662
Local authority
Bexley
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Bexley, Bexley, 662 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 11.9%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 140243
Location
- Address
- Dorchester Avenue
- Postcode
- DA5 3AJ
- Town
- Bexley
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Bexley
- District
- Bexley
- Constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 662
- Boys / girls
- 343 / 319
- School capacity
- 630
- Capacity fill
- 662 / 630 (105%)
- Free school meals
- 11.9%
- FSM pupils
- 76
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: HURST PRIMARY SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- HURST PRIMARY SCHOOL
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Carmel Longley
- Telephone
- 02083032688
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-09-30
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 73%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 14%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 108.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
4.2%
Persistent absence
8.0%
Unauthorised
1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 2.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 548
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 4.6% · Persistent 8.3%
- 2021/22
- Overall 5.0% · Persistent 10.9%