Boxmoor Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.54 miles
Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Boxmoor Primary School is a primary school in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 March 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Boxmoor 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 | 0.54 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.48 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.22 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.23 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.27 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.32 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.24 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.25 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.61 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.60 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.64 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.47 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.54 miles away, the 100th longest of the 275 Hertfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- 2026 Reception entry drew 39 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
- Of its pupils, 4.3% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
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
- Cowper Road, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1PF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 234 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Boxmoor Primary School are exceptionally happy and confident.”
- “They work hard and flourish in this warm and friendly school.”
- “Pupils helped create the school’s ‘Rainbow Rules’ and they live and breathe them.”
To improve
- “In a few areas, pupils do not develop their learning to the same depth.”
- “This is because the planning and assessment of those areas are not as ambitious or effective.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 2024 (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) | 67% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- St Rose's Catholic Infant School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- South Hill Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oakleaf Primary 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pixies Hill Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Micklem Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gade Valley Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Cuthbert Mayne Voluntary Catholic Junior Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Galley Hill Primary School and Nursery 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
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