The Hurst Community College

The Hurst Community College, previously The Hurst Community School, is a state secondary school in the village of Baughurst, within the county of Hampshire in England.

The Hurst Community College
Address
Brimpton Road, Baughurst

Tadley
,
Hampshire
,
RG26 5NL

England
Coordinates51.3578°N 1.1742°W / 51.3578; -1.1742
Information
TypeCommunity School
MottoAmbition Commitment Excellence Respect
Local authorityHampshire
Department for Education URN116422 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherRoger Jones
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Enrolment980 (2019)
Websitehurst.hants.sch.uk
Last updated: November 12, 2019

The school provides secondary education for boys and girls aged from 11 to 16. It is categorized as a community school and is run wholly by the local education authority (LEA). The school was previously granted specialist science school status for which it received additional funding. However the school remained a comprehensive school, and did not take the option available to specialist schools to select a proportion of its pupils.[1]

Though the school does not provide higher education through sixth-form, it has links with both the Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) and Queen Mary's College (QMC), where the majority of pupils continue education after the age of 16.[2]

In 2019 the school had 980 pupils out of a rated capacity of 1,075, according to the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED).[1] Pupils come from a catchment area which includes the nearby town of Tadley and the villages of Silchester, Bramley, Sherborne St John and Pamber Heath.[2]

The school was attended by Kathy Smallwood-Cook in the 1970s and actor James Bye in the 1990s.

Curriculum

The school teaches a variety of subjects which are examined at GCSE level or through BTEC awards. Pupils follow the National Curriculum.[2]

Performance

OFSTED inspected the school in May 2001. They concluded that the school was "a very good school with some excellent features", which had improved significantly since the previous inspection in 1997. However, more recently following an OFSTED visit in 2013, the school was said to "Require Improvement".[3] The Hurst was inspected again in May 2015 and in the report published on 8 June 2015 [4] OFSTED inspectors found that the school was "Good".

References
  1. "The Hurst Community College". Department for Education. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  2. "About the Hurst Community School" (PDF). The Hurst Community College. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-05-27. Retrieved 2006-05-13.
  3. Chamberlain, Susan (2001). Inspection Report: The Hurst Community School (PDF). Inspection number 193592.
  4. "The Hurst Community College". Ofsted. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
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