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Bonneygrove Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Dark Lane, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross EN7 5ED · bonneygrove.herts.sch.uk · 01992 307900
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- 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
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 408
- 96% of 423 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 31.8%
- First language not English
- 34.6%
- 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, 38 families put the school first and 55 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 55 | 38 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 44 | 36 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 52 | 40 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 36 | 24 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 38 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% 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 | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Bonneygrove Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 15 June 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 15 Jun 2022
- 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: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jul 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (127 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 127
- 32% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied
based on 22 parents (17%) with SEND