Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Bushey, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Not published

From Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Bushey, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 March 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery 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	Not published
Reception 2025	Not published
Reception 2024	Not published
Reception 2023	Not published
Reception 2022	Not published
Reception 2021	Not published
Reception 2020	Not published
Reception 2019	Not published
Reception 2018	Not published
Reception 2017	Not published
Reception 2016	Not published
Reception 2015	Not published

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

What the figures show

5.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 15.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
Reception 2026: 50 first-choice applications for 45 offers; 42 offers went to first-choice families, so 8 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Among 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire that have results, its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result ranked 3rd highest.

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: Merry Hill Road, Bushey, WD23 1SU
Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 346 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 5.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.7

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 9 March 2023

Strengths

“Sacred Heart is a welcoming and nurturing place to learn.”
“Pupils develop strong relationships with staff and peers.”
“They feel safe because they know that adults will listen to them and deal with any concerns quickly.”

To improve

“Leaders have identified that some pupils struggle to remember important subject knowledge.”
“In these subjects, pupils have gaps in knowledge and are not as ready for future learning.”
“This is because leaders have not set out the precise knowledge and skills that they want pupils to learn.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 May 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)	77%	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: 50 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 42 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 0.3 mi Good
Bushey and Oxhey Infant School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
Bournehall Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
Ashfield Junior School 0.7 mi Good
Little Reddings Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Bromet Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Merry Hill Infant School and Nursery 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
Field Junior School 1.0 mi Standards maintained