Yavneh Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2023–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Yavneh Primary School is a primary school in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 2 April 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Yavneh 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Not published |
| Reception 2021 | Not published |
| Reception 2020 | Not published |
| Reception 2019 | Not published |
| Reception 2018 | Not published |
| Reception 2017 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 78% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
- For Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, with 49 first-choice applications for 53 offers and 4 offers to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Its latest Ofsted outcome was Standards maintained (2 April 2025), following an Outstanding graded outcome (26 June 2019).
- Free school meal eligibility is 1% of pupils, 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
- Hillside Avenue, Borehamwood, WD6 1HL
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Orthodox Jewish
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 418 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 2 April 2025
Strengths
- “‘A world built on kindness’ underpins all that happens at this school.”
- “Staff instil in pupils the important values they need to be well prepared for life beyond Yavneh.”
- “Staff and pupils live and breathe ‘The Yavneh Way’ in all they do.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, the school does not always provide pupils with the precise support they need to apply what they learn about handwriting, grammar, punctuation and spelling into their independent work.”
- “This limits how well these pupils write.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 2025 (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) | 78% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 49 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.
- Monksmead School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Summerswood Primary School 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Kenilworth Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Teresa Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Saffron Green Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cowley Hill School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meryfield Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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