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Bournehall Primary School

Primary · Bushey · WD23 3AX

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 15 October 2024

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At a glance

205 pupils · 98% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
18.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
15.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.bournehallprimaryschool.co.uk/
URN
117296

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 22 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 0.76 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 589.84 m (≈0.37 mi); distance decided places in 7 of the 12 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. At its inspection on 15 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.76 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 22 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 589.84 m (≈0.37 mi) for 2025 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 589.84 m (≈0.37 mi)

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Nearest School
716.85 m (≈0.45 mi)

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers69.5%
Hertfordshire average63.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Old Catton CofE VC Junior SchoolNorwich · 99 miles awayGood62%
Barnehurst Junior SchoolErith · 26 miles awayOutstanding60%
St Thomas Catholic Voluntary AcademyIlkeston · 99 miles awayGood70%
Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior SchoolChertsey · 21 miles awayGood69%
Widewell Primary AcademyPlymouth · 183 miles awayExpected standard63%
St Anne's CofE Primary SchoolHuntingdon · 47 miles awayGood70%
Badger Hill Primary AcademyYork · 161 miles awayNo current grade73%
Bottisham Community Primary SchoolCambridge · 48 miles awayGood72%
Stramongate Primary SchoolKendal · 210 miles awayGood73%
Primrose Hill Church of England Primary AcademyLydney · 93 miles awayExpected standard90%
The Nettleham Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior SchoolNETTLEHAM, LINCOLN · 112 miles awayGood35%
Hermitage Primary SchoolThatcham · 41 miles awayGood60%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 42% (Hertfordshire 58%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 14% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 4%) · Any other White background 7% (Hertfordshire 11%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Black African 4% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Hertfordshire 0%, England 0%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.47 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hertfordshire: 2.92 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

58.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £44,226; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,306
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £191,533; in-year balance -£15,159

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.2%62.3%
Social housing9.6%17.1%
Privately rented12%20.5%
Detached houses17.3%22.9%
Flats33.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms24.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023562 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£530,000347 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£376,000–£725,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (57)£937,000
Semi-detached (94)£597,500
Terraced (71)£460,000
Flat (125)£350,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.59 km, 2025 entry): 152 sales, median £521,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
8an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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