Galley Hill Primary School and Nursery
Primary schoolGalley Hill Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Dacorum, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 426 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 October 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 51% of pupils at Galley Hill Primary School and Nursery met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% in England.
5% 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 | 51% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 5% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 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
In a straight line- St Cuthbert Mayne Voluntary Catholic Junior AcademyPrimary. No outcome in Ofsted's file. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)690 m
- Micklem Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, November 2023. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)750 m
- Gade Valley Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2022. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)810 m
- Laureate AcademySecondary. Good (overall), June 2023. Attainment 8 of 42.7 (2025/26, provisional)840 m
- John F Kennedy Catholic SchoolSecondary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 51.9 (2025/26, provisional)860 m
- The Collett SchoolSpecial. School remains Good, April 2024980 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Dacorum
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).