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Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Nurseries Road, Wheathampstead, St. Albans AL4 8TP · beechhyde.aetrust.uk · 01582 832661
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 50%
- 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
- 171
- 71% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 40.5%
- First language not English
- 12.3%
- 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, 15 families put the school first and 16 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 | 16 | 15 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 14 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 17 | 16 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 16 | 10 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 18% 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 | |||
| ▼50% | 62% | ||
| ▲18% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 117301)
Ofsted
Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 28 Sept 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: Inadequate, graded inspection, Feb 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 117301), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Good Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117301)
May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117301)
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (33 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 33
- 19% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied