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Hurst Lodge School[1]

Special · ages 2–19

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
14.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[3]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 16.6[4] 0%[4]
2023/24 18.1[5] 0%[5]
2022/23 10.2[6] 0%[6]
2021/22 14.5[7] 0%[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2022/23[8]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
62.5% 2022/23[9]
UK higher education
37.5% 2022/23[9]
Education
50% 2022/23[9]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[9]
Employment
12.5% 2022/23[9]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 83.3%[9] 0%[9] 66.7%[9] 0%[9] 16.7%[9]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[10]

ISI inspection

Inspection
February 2024[11]
Framework
Framework from September 2023[11]
Leadership and governance
Standards met[11]
Quality of education
Standards met[11]
Health and wellbeing
Standards met[11]
Social and economic education
Standards met[11]
Safeguarding
Standards met[11]

Quality of education

  • ISI recommended: Leaders should create a long-term plan for curriculum and assessment to meet the needs of all pupils.

Previous ISI inspections: 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018 (2022 report, 2021 report, 2019 report, 2018 report).

ISI's page for this school

Findings of the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), restated in our own words: not ISI's wording. Read the full report on ISI's website.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Other independent special school[1]
Ages
2–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
450[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
www.hurstlodgeschool.co.uk[1]
Nursery classes
No Nursery Classes[10]
Special classes
Has Special Classes[10]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[10]
District
Hart[12]
Postcode
GU46 6HJ[1]
URN
116555[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
191 2024/25[13]
SEN support
6.3% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
85.9% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[13]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: 16-18 destination measures: 16-19 study leavers institution level destinations. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, Hurst Lodge School, February 2024. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
  12. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.