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Chorleywood Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Stag Lane, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth WD3 5HR · chorleywood.herts.sch.uk · 01923 282095
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 80%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hertfordshire 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.38 mi
- 2.22 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Not Nearest School · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 205
- 98% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 7.3%
- First language not English
- 13.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Not Nearest School” went to a home 1.38 mi (2.22 km) from the school. Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 24 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 88% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 24 | 0.8 | 88% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 25 | 21 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 41 | 1.4▲ | 73% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 37 | 1.3▲ | 78% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 51 | 1.7▲ | 59% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.38 mi2.22 km | |
| September 2024 | 1.32 mi2.13 km | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2022 | 0.25 mi0.40 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place (25 allocations for 30 places).
Results
In 2024/25, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 33% the higher standard. Across Hertfordshire it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲80% | 62% | ||
| ▲33% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 March 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Chorleywood Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Nov 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (97 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 97
- 43% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (18%) with SEND