# Bushey Heath Primary School

Bushey Heath Primary School is a primary school in Hertsmere, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 242 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E117088. [Hertsmere](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 242
- Council: Hertsmere
- URN: 117088

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (overall), January 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 30 January 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 83% of pupils at Bushey Heath Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% in England.
33% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Hertfordshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 33% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Hartsbourne Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hartsbourne-primary-school-e145256): 650 m. Primary. Good (overall), April 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Immanuel College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/immanuel-college-e117657): 670 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Merry Hill Infant School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/merry-hill-infant-school-and-nursery-e117090): 980 m. Primary. Good (overall), December 2023
- [Avanti House Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/avanti-house-primary-school-e145142): 1.1 km. Primary. Improved significantly, May 2025. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Ashfield Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ashfield-junior-school-e117391): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), June 2023. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bushey Meads School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bushey-meads-school-e137872): 1.4 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 42.5 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/117088)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/117088)

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