Bridgewater Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.66 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Bridgewater Primary School is a primary school in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 16 November 2022. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Bridgewater 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 | 0.66 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.47 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.52 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.45 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.53 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.80 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.51 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.66 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.65 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.54 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.53 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.54 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place among children for whom this was the nearest school lived 0.66 miles away, further than in 2025 and 2015.
- Reception 2026 drew 68 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 56 offers went to first-choice families, and 12 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- Pupils per teacher stand at 22.1 and free school meal eligibility at 3.9%, against middle figures of 17.9 and 9.3% 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
- Bridle Way, Billet Lane, Berkhamsted, HP4 1ES
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 459 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 16 November 2022
Strengths
- “Bridgewater Primary School is a friendly and welcoming place to learn.”
- “They have many opportunities to develop their talents and interests.”
- “Pupils share their successes and celebrate with others during assemblies.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, for example in mathematics, teachers lack clarity and when this happens, pupils take longer to understand what it is they should be able to do.”
- “Leaders should ensure they support all teachers to understand how best to teach the knowledge set out in the clearly sequenced curriculum plans.”
- “A few pupils in key stage 2 who are not yet fluent readers need to learn in the same focused way as younger pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 January 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) | 75% | 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: 68 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 56 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.
- Westfield Primary School 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greenway Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Swing Gate Infant School and Nursery 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Thomas Coram Church of England School 1.5 mi Good
- Potten End CofE Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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