Bushey and Oxhey Infant School

Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · 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)

0.55

0.49

0.56

0.51

0.47

0.49

0.45

0.50

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Bushey and Oxhey Infant School is a primary school in Bushey, Hertfordshire for ages 5–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 31 January 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Bushey and Oxhey Infant 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	0.45 mi
Reception 2024	0.49 mi
Reception 2023	0.47 mi
Reception 2022	0.51 mi
Reception 2021	0.56 mi
Reception 2020	0.49 mi
Reception 2019	0.55 mi
Reception 2018	0.51 mi
Reception 2017	0.43 mi
Reception 2016	0.25 mi
Reception 2015	0.55 mi

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In Reception 2026, there were 53 first-choice applications for 60 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
The last child offered a Reception place in 2026, under one of its admission criteria, lived 0.50 miles away, which was further out than in 2025 and nearer than in 2015.
2.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 12.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
There are 25.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.7 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: Aldenham Road, Bushey, WD23 2QH
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 5–7
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 176 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 2.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 25.3

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 31 January 2024

Strengths

“Pupils are happy at this school.”
“From the start of Reception, pupils learn how to be kind and care for each other.”
“They understand the importance of valuing each other’s differences.”

To improve

“On occasion, in some subjects, staff unknowingly teach misconceptions because they are not as secure with their subject knowledge.”
“This results in pupils having a less well-developed understanding of certain areas of the curriculum.”
“At times, however, some pupils, and children in Reception, lose concentration without staff noticing.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 53 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 53 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.

Bushey Manor Junior School 0.2 mi Good
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Bromet Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Field Junior School 0.6 mi Standards maintained
Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery) 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Central Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Bournehall Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
Watford St John's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published