Bushey Meads School
Coldharbour Lane, Bushey, WD23 4PA
1,200 pupils · 92% of 1,300 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- BUSHEY ST JAMES TRUST
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 23.4%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 14 January 2025, published 3 April 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.6 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 41% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 63.8% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 11.2% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.46 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 184 | 85 | 368 | 157 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 189 | 112 | 572 | 189 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 191 | 114 | 530 | 191 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 198 | 163 | 629 | 198 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 201 | 230 | 820 | 201 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 181 | 184 | 814 | 181 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 178 | 170 | 794 | 178 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 196 | 221 | 983 | 196 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Grange Academy 1.5 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Queens' School 1.8 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Watford Grammar School for Girls 3.4 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Bentley Wood High School 3.7 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Watford Grammar School for Boys 4.6 km · Most areas: Exceptional (2026)
- Westfield Academy 4.7 km · No overall grade (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.