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Bushey Meads School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Coldharbour Lane, Bushey WD23 4PA · busheymeads.org.uk · 020 8950 3000

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
43.6
average Attainment 8 score. Hertfordshire 50.6, England 46
Last distance offered
3.95 mi
6.35 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hertfordshire Council
Demand for places
0.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,200
92% of 1,300 places
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
23.4%
First language not English
18.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Bushey St James Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 3.95 mi (6.35 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 2.57 mi (4.13 km). Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 85 families put the school first and 184 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

20222023202420252026September 2022: 230 (Places 201)230September 2023: 163 (Places 198)163September 2024: 114 (Places 191)114September 2025: 112 (Places 189)112September 2026: 85 (Places 184)85Places 184
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026184850.5100%
September 2025Sept 20251891120.682%
September 2024Sept 20241911140.689%
September 2023Sept 20231981630.888%
September 2022Sept 20222012301.1▲69%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 20263.95 mi6.35 km
September 20252.57 mi4.13 km
September 20232.25 mi3.63 km
September 20221.38 mi2.22 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.6, and 41% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hertfordshire it was 50.6, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (27.6 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 51.5 (England 46.3)51.52017/18: 51.6 (England 46.5)51.62018/19: 49.7 (England 46.7)49.72021/22: 54.1 (England 48.8)54.12022/23: 50.8 (England 46.3)50.82023/24: 42.1 (England 45.9)42.12024/25: 43.6 (England 46.0)43.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼43.646.0
▼41.0%45.4%
●63.8%64.8%
▼11.2%40.5%
▼3.474.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form49.5−14.4
Sixth form college3.3−2.3
Further education35.9+14.8
Other education1.6+0.5
Apprenticeship1.6+0.5
Employment1.1−1.1
Not in a lasting destination4.3−0.7
Activity not captured2.7—

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 30.0 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 29.3 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 29.9 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 28.9 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 36.2 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 30.5 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 30.1 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 27.6 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
122 studentsC- (27.6)Average -0.06
129 studentsC- (27.7)Average -0.07
40 studentsMerit (25.4)Average -0.05
5.6%AAB or better
92.1%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24106C (30.1)-0.10
2022/23113C (30.5)—
2021/22122B- (36.2)—
2018/19126C (28.9)+0.06
2017/18113C (29.9)+0.17
2016/17100C (29.3)+0.07
2015/1699C (30)+0.29

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University62.9−1.2
Other education3.5+2
Apprenticeship6+3.7
Employment15.5−7.9
Not in a lasting destination4.3−0.4
Activity not captured7.8+3.9

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Bushey Meads School on 14 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
14 Jan 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth formGood

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2019

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2019Good
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2019Ungraded inspectionImproving
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Feb 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • May 2007Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (458 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
64%
Replies
458
37% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼72% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼77% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼57% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼64% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼66% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼52% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼69% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼86% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼87% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼63% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼55% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 83% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼40% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 47% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼45% agreeEngland 67%

based on 142 parents (31%) with SEND

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