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Little Reddings Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Harcourt Road, Bushey WD23 3PR · littlereddings.org.uk · 020 8950 5388
On the mapSearch near WD23 3PR
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 43%
- 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
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 312
- 65% of 480 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 33.1%
- First language not English
- 42%
- 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, 28 families put the school first and 28 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 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 40 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 25 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 31 | 26 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 37 | 26 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 43% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% 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 | |||
| ▼43% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 9 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Little Reddings Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 8 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2016Good
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 Nov 2014Requires 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
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (11 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 11
- 4% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied