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Hurst Drive Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Hurst Drive, Waltham Cross EN8 8DH · hurstdrive.herts.sch.uk · 01992 624099
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hertfordshire 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 399
- 95% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 31.1%
- First language not English
- 55.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 46 families put the school first and 49 places were offered; 100% 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 | 49 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 56 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 55 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 46 | 45 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | 2.12 mi3.42 km | |
| September 2024 | 1.39 mi2.24 km | |
| September 2022 | 0.49 mi0.79 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place (51 allocations for 60 places).
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% 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 | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Hurst Drive Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 26 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 26 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Feb 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Requires 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
61% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (51 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 61%
- Replies
- 51
- 13% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 51% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (24%) with SEND