Graded inspection · Apr 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 16 April 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 5 May 2022Ungraded 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 entry94 applications · 20 places offered · 12 named it first
- 2026 4.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 5.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 3.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 3.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 4.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2016 3.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2015 4.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2014 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
Dashed bars: as Hartsbourne Primary School (URN 117300), the previous school.
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 | 20 | 94 | 4.7 | 12 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2025 | 26 | 76 | 2.9 | 19 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2024 | 15 | 76 | 5.1 | 13 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2023 | 27 | 93 | 3.4 | 21 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2022 | 26 | 99 | 3.8 | 16 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 117 | 3.9 | 22 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2020 | 26 | 103 | 4.0 | 21 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 110 | 3.7 | 19 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 101 | 3.4 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 99 | 3.3 | 26 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 113 | 3.8 | 21 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 124 | 4.1 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2014 * | 29 | 107 | 3.7 | 18 | 0.62 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 90% · Writing 80% · Maths 87% → all three 73% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 73% | 13% | 109 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 13% | 109 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 73% | 7% | 108 | 106 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Hartsbourne Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20244.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · HarrowImproved significantly20255.8applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20245.8applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · HertfordshireGood20232.4applications per place
- 1.4 km · HertfordshireGood202375%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · HarrowRemains Good20242.3applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · HarrowGood20232.3applications per place
- 2.0 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20232.1applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Hertfordshire20262.3applications per place 57%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 145256 · 919/2372
- Trust
- Bushey St James Trust
- Capacity
- 234 pupils · 195 on roll
- Free school meals
- 5.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2017
- Replaced
- Hartsbourne Primary School (URN 117300)
- Address
- Hartsbourne Road, Bushey, WD23 1SJ
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Hertsmere
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources