# Highwood Primary School

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

It had 445 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E117089. [Hertsmere](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 445
- Council: Hertsmere
- URN: 117089

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), June 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 27 June 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
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, 41% of pupils at Highwood Primary School 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 | 41% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 5% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 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.

- [The Purcell School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-purcell-school-e102256): 800 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Queens' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/queens-school-e136877): 900 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 56.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Knutsford Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/knutsford-primary-academy-e146123): 1 km. Primary. Good (overall), January 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Gurukula - The Hare Krishna Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/gurukula-the-hare-krishna-primary-school-e117654): 1.1 km. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Longwood School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longwood-school-e117662): 1.2 km. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Central Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/central-primary-school-e117156): 1.6 km. Primary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## 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/117089)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/117089)

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