Hurst Parish Council



Education in Hurst


Hurst Baby and Toddler Group.

Hurst Baby and Toddler group meet on a Wednesday morning at the Large Village Hall from 10am - 12 noon.


St Nicholas Pre-School Playgroup

St Nicholas Pre-School Playgroup aims to provide freeplay within a happy, secure and disciplined environment for the children. "We try to encourage all areas of development and believe in stage not age, individuality, and that parents are the main educators of their child. We also believe that learning is fun and praise is essential for young confidence."
For more information please click on the above link.


St Nicholas C of E Primary School

The Hurst and Ruscombe National School was founded in 1818 with the boys and girls housed on separate sites. The girls were eventually accomodated on the present school site and the boy's school is now a private house.
At St. Nicholas C of E Primary School, the aim is to direct the total educational resources towards achieving a Christian environment within which all children can grow into confident, caring and adaptable learners, discovering their full potential.
For more information please click on the above link.


Dolphin School

Founded in Hurst over 30 years ago, Dolphin School is an Independent, IAPS, Day School for boys and girls aged from 3 to 13 years.

Working in partnership with St Nicholas Hurst Parish Council, Dolphin School has opened up the use of some of its facilities to organised groups within the Hurst community. Currently these include Football, Tennis and Netball for the adults and a chess club on Thursday afternoons which children from St Nicholas' School regularly attend.


Music in Education

usic makes a vital contribution to the educational and personal development of young people.


Department for Education and Skills

The Department for Education and Skills aim is to give children an excellent start in education, enable young people to equip themselves with life and work skills, and encourage adults to achieve their full potential through learning.


National Grid for Learning

The National Grid for Learning, the gateway to educational resources on the internet. The NGfL provides a network of selected links to websites that offer high quality content and information. Whether you are learning, supporting, teaching or managing, there are resources on the NGfL for you.


Higher Education in the South East

HESE promotes all universities and HE colleges which have a presence in the South East region.


Office for Standards in Education

The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) was set up on 1 September 1992. Ofsted is a non-ministerial government department whose main aim is to help improve the quality and standards of education and childcare through independent inspection and regulation, and provide advice to the Secretary of State.




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