Summerswood Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.67 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Summerswood Primary School is a primary school in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 30 April 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Summerswood 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 | 0.67 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.52 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.62 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 1.59 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.77 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.64 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 1.39 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.64 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.72 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.65 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.53 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.63 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 40% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
- Reception 2026 had 23 first-choice applications for 33 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 10 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.67 miles away, under one of its admission criteria, further than in 2025 and about the same as in 2015.
- 22.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 28.1% 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
- Furzehill Road, Borehamwood, WD6 2DW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 344 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 30 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils like school and make friends.”
- “They have trusted adults who help with learning or with worries.”
- “Pupils know they are safe and cared for.”
To improve
- “However, expectations of what pupils can achieve are not always high enough.”
- “Pupils across the school are capable of accomplishing more than they currently are.”
- “Pupils appreciate that behaviour has started to improve, but there are still instances where a minority of pupils do not follow what is expected of them.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 June 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) | 40% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 33 offers in total, 23 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.
- Yavneh Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Monksmead School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kenilworth Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Saffron Green Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Teresa Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cowley Hill School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meryfield Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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