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Buckhurst Hill Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Lower Queen's Road, Buckhurst Hill IG9 6DS · bhcps.efspt.org · 020 8505 7300
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 64%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.83 mi
- 1.33 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 389
- 93% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 18.3%
- First language not English
- 36.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.83 mi (1.33 km) from the school. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 53 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 96% 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 | 59 | 53 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 52 | 0.9 | 88% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 49 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 45 | 0.8 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 52 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 0.83 mi1.33 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% the higher standard. Across Essex it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●64% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 115052)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 11 December 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Buckhurst Hill Community Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 10 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 115052), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115052)
Jan 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115052)
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (111 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 111
- 30% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied
based on 23 parents (21%) with SEND