Facilities

Truly outstanding facilities

We are proud of the excellent facilities that enable our pupils to gain the best from their education and we hope you will visit us to see them for yourself.

Hiring facilities

Some of our facilities are available to hire. Please complete the form below to enquire and book.

Hurst Lettings enquiry and booking form

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Academic Areas

Our excellent academic facilities are designed around a quad and include airy and well resourced classroom, art studios, specialist science labs and lecture theatre, Design & Technology workshops, several state of the art IT suites and a 3 floor library building.

Academic facilities at Hurst College

Chapel

The Chapel is a beautiful 1850s building, built in the heart of the College. Its spire is visible from across the village and neighbouring towns. This traditional chapel has a large altar, organ, long pews, stained glass windows and a mezzanine with glass frontage for elevated viewing during concerts and services.

The Chapel is used by the Junior Prep, Senior Prep, Senior School and Sixth Form for weekly services. It is also the stage for our Junior Prep annual Nativity plays and special events such as the Harvest Festival. It is occasionally used for weddings.

Three photos of Hurst College chapel

Dining Hall

The traditional Dining Hall is striking with its high ceiling, wooden benches and historic flags hung from the high walls. It is the ideal place for our pupils to gather and enjoy their meals together.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner is served in the Dining Hall each day from a fully equipped modern kitchen. There are hot and cold serving areas as well as a variety of drink stations. The catering department cater for all dietary requirements.

Farm

The school owns a small on-site farm which Senior and Sixth Form students help maintain as part of their extra-curricular activities. In addition to an orchard, there is a small allotment with various vegetables and herbs and there is a continual rotation of sheep, goats, pigs, chickens and ducks. Junior Prep and Senior Prep pupils regularly visit the animals as part of their curriculum.

Pupils enjoying the farm at Hurst College

Houses

Hurst has twelve boarding and day houses for Senior School and Lower Sixth students. St John’s house is the Upper Sixth Form co-ed House. Read more about these under Pastoral.

Junior Prep School

Reception to Year 2: Our Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms are housed in a bespoke environment where the classrooms have free-flow to a covered outdoor area which becomes an extension of the classroom.

In addition, an all-weather playground provides a stimulating environment for creative, imaginative play times.

Pupils have regular lessons in our on-site Woodland School. This forms part of their early science curriculum and enables the children to explore and experience the outdoors in a safe and educational way.

Pre-Prep facilities at Hurst

Years 3 to 6: Years 3 to 6 are housed in a separate building with dedicated facilities for our Junior Prep School curriculum. These facilities include Art rooms, Music rooms, Science labs, a library and computer room.

The Junior Prep School playground is equipped with table tennis tables, a netball court and ‘Jungle trail’.

Prep School facilities at Hurst

Library

Library facilities are available in both the Prep and Senior Schools. The Prep School library is housed within the heart of the Prep School and is regularly used for clubs, reading and group work.

The Senior School library has three floors;

The ground floor is a multi-purpose hall (The Moore Hall) which has pull out raked seating, hard flooring, full length mirrors and bars making this a flexible resource.

The first floor is the general library area for Senior School students and in addition to the usual books there are work areas equipped with computers, a breakfast bar area for those who bring their own laptops and a small café area with a range of refreshments, magazines, casual seating and a variety of DVDs. There is a choice of fully equipped meeting rooms, perfect for small group or individual revision or teaching work.

The top floor is reserved for sixth form pupils and included in this area is a multi function seminar room as well as the hub for careers and university support. Key sixth for staff have their offices on this floor making them easily accessible for pupils.

The library runs various clubs and activities during lunch times and activities sessions and actively promotes reading for pleasure in a variety of ways. The library is the EPQ centre for sixth form students.

The library at Hurst

Medical Centre

There is an on site fully equipped medical centre, run by qualified nursing staff with access to medical doctors if necessary. Building development is currently underway to include a pupil and staff wellbeing centre within the medical centre to include confidential access to counselling services.

Performing Arts Centre

Adjacent to the academic area is the performing arts centre with the impressive theatre at the hub. The Music, Drama and Dance areas are all interlinked providing easy access to all using the facilities.

Drama: The New Bury Theatre opened in 2018, and is a state of the art theatre with tiered seating and professional lighting and sound systems. The Theatre is ideal for drama and musical performances and plays host to the many productions across the College. There are a number of specialist drama studios for lessons as well as a purpose built drama studio.

Three photos of Hurst College New Bury Theatre

Music: Newly extended, the Music centre has a Music Hall, many instrument practice rooms, several music classrooms and a fully equipped technology suite.

Three photos of Hurst College music facilities

Dance: The remarkable dance studio is also purpose built with an enviable range of specialist dance resources and areas.

Photos of the Hurst dance studio with Prep and Senior pupils dancing

Sport

Hurst has an extensive range of sports facilities which are used by all ages within the college. These facilities include:

Three full-sized, floodlit and sand-dressed AstroTurf pitches for Hockey
Full-sized 400m grass athletics track (with separate hurdles and sprints tracks, and a throws area, two tartan long and triple jump run ups, and a tartan high jump fan)
Full-sized sports hall, which includes 6 indoor cricket nets, 9 badminton courts, a full-sized tennis court and full-sized indoor hockey pitch
25m (4 lanes) indoor heated swimming pool
13 netball courts including an indoor court
12 AstroTurf tennis courts
9 hard tennis courts
7 senior-sized rugby pitches
6 junior-sized rugby pitches
6 cricket pitches and cricket pavilion
12 artificial cricket nets (installed Summer 2020) and 4 cages on grass surfaces
AstroTurf multi-use games area
Climbing wall with top rope climbs and bouldering sections
2 fitness suites with top of the range cardio-vascular training equipment and resistance training weights (all fully supervised by our Strength and Conditioning team)

Sports facilities at Hurst

Hurst College, school photography, prospectus, 2021

Library

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Dining Hall

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Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall

Library

Dining Hall

Girls' boarding house

Boys' boarding house

St John's Chapel

New Bury Theatre

Academic building

Academic Quad

Inner Quad

St John's Sixth Form House

Swimming pool

Cricket nets

Prep School

Prep School Library

Woodland School

Playground for Reception to Year 2

Exhibition area - New Bury Theatre

Exhibition area - Sports Hall