Highwood Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Bushey, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.50 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Highwood Primary School is a primary school in Bushey, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 June 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Highwood Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.50 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.73 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.65 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.61 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.39 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 1.01 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.49 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.97 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.90 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.41 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.34 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.49 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Of its pupils, 19.3% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 12.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 0.50 miles, for children whose nearest school this is; it was nearer than in 2025 and about the same as in 2015.
- For Reception 2026 there were 58 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 55 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 41% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hertfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Mead Way, Bushey, WD23 2AW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 445 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at Highwood Primary.”
- “They feel safe and know that adults will help them if they are worried or concerned.”
- “Pupils trust adults to deal with situations and keep them safe.”
To improve
- “However, there are a few subjects where leaders have not been clear enough about what they want pupils to learn.”
- “As a result, pupils struggle to recall what they have been taught in these subjects.”
- “Away from lessons, some pupils struggle to behave in an appropriate way towards their peers, and some staff do not always address this well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 41% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 58 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 55 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hertfordshire.
- Knutsford Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Central Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Parkgate Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
- Watford St John's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Parkgate Infants' and Nursery School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bournehall Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bushey and Oxhey Infant School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Bushey Manor Junior School 1.3 mi Good
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