Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary 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 | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry370 applications · 270 places offered · 83 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2025 1.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2024 1.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2023 1.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2022 0.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2021 1.3; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2020 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2019 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.2; as the previous school
- 2018 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2017 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2016 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
- 2015 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2014 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
Dashed bars: as The Bushey Academy (URN 135938), Bushey Hall School (URN 117581), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 | 270 | 370 | 1.4 | 83 | 0.31 |
| Sep 2025 | 289 | 336 | 1.2 | 79 | 0.27 |
| Sep 2024 | 252 | 267 | 1.1 | 53 | 0.21 |
| Sep 2023 | 293 | 320 | 1.1 | 77 | 0.26 |
| Sep 2022 | 299 | 265 | 0.9 | 46 | 0.15 |
| Sep 2021 | 197 | 257 | 1.3 | 47 | 0.24 |
| Sep 2020 | 230 | 418 | 1.8 | 62 | 0.27 |
| Sep 2019 * | 216 | 401 | 1.9 | 86 | 0.40 |
| Sep 2018 * | 219 | 621 | 2.8 | 136 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2017 * | 219 | 714 | 3.3 | 185 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2016 * | 208 | 697 | 3.4 | 192 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 * | 238 | 698 | 2.9 | 195 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2014 * | 263 | 593 | 2.3 | 197 | 0.75 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 157 | 48.2 | 50% | 72% | – |
| 2024/25 | 171 | 41.3 | 32% | 56% | – |
| 2023/24 | 169 | 37.6 | 33% | 54% | −0.29 |
| 2022/23 | 182 | 36.8 | 30% | 51% | −0.28 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Grange AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 48.2Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20256.0applications per place 56.2Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20244.0applications per place 65.5Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Hertfordshire20264.5applications per place 66.3Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · HarrowOutstanding20232.7applications per place 56.6Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · Hertfordshire20264.7applications per place 51.6Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · HarrowRemains Good20242.6applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147785 · 919/4036
- Trust
- Future Academies
- Free school meals
- 26.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2020
- Replaced
- The Bushey Academy (URN 135938); Bushey Hall School (URN 117581)
- Address
- London Road, Bushey, WD23 3AA
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Hertsmere
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources