Graded inspection · Jan 2024 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 | Good |
Inspection history
- 31 January 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 2 December 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry137 applications · 60 places offered · 53 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
- 2015 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2014 3.2; 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 | 60 | 137 | 2.3 | 53 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 59 | 134 | 2.3 | 59 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 56 | 130 | 2.3 | 46 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2023 | 57 | 141 | 2.5 | 52 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 145 | 2.4 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 143 | 2.4 | 50 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 156 | 2.6 | 45 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 171 | 2.9 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 176 | 2.9 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 185 | 3.1 | 65 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 195 | 3.3 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 194 | 3.2 | 42 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 191 | 3.2 | 74 | 1.23 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Bushey and Oxhey Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.3applications per place
- 0.3 km · HertfordshireGood202368%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20232.6applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Hertfordshire20263.1applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · HertfordshireStandards maintained202485%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Hertfordshire20262.6applications per place
- 1.2 km · Hertfordshire20262.0applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20243.8applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 117157 · 919/2117
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 176 on roll
- Free school meals
- 2.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Aldenham Road, Bushey, WD23 2QH
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Watford
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources