Highover Primary School
Primary schoolHighover Primary School is a primary school in North Hertfordshire, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 433 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 28 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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, 68% of pupils at Highover Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% in England.
15% 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 | 68% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 15% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 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- Purwell Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)790 m
- St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, HitchinPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- William Ransom Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Mary Exton Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2022. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- North Herts Education Support CentrePupil referral and alternative provision. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade1.3 km
- The Highfield SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), May 2023, before the school changed. Attainment 8 of 42.0 (2025/26, provisional)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in North Hertfordshire
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).