Graded inspection · Dec 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry129 applications · 54 places offered · 43 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 3.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
- 2015 4.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2014 3.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 54 | 129 | 2.4 | 43 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2025 | 45 | 111 | 2.5 | 31 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2024 | 52 | 152 | 2.9 | 42 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 169 | 2.8 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 170 | 2.8 | 51 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2021 | 58 | 195 | 3.4 | 59 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 201 | 3.4 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 205 | 3.4 | 52 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 178 | 3.0 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 208 | 3.5 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2016 | 59 | 210 | 3.6 | 59 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 245 | 4.1 | 71 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 217 | 3.6 | 57 | 0.95 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Merry Hill Infant School and NurseryThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.4applications per place
- 0.2 km · HertfordshireGood202375%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20245.8applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20232.1applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · HertfordshireGood20244.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20232.6applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20243.8applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · HarrowImproved significantly20255.8applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · HertfordshireGood202368%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 117090 · 919/2014
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 166 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- School Lane, Bushey, WD23 1ST
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Hertsmere
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources