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Primary · WD23 · Bushey

Little Reddings Primary School

Harcourt Road, Bushey, WD23 3PR

BUSHEY ST JAMES TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance93.8%
Attainment43% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsAbout average
Pupils312

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Good overall grade — see the full report for latest area judgements.

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (18 Nov 2014).

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Good
  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in WD23. Where we have them, council (Hertsmere) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
312
Free school meals
33.1%
14.3% above district average (18.8%)

Also: England 24.7%

SEN
17.4%
9.4% below district average (26.8%)

Also: England 18.2%

EAL
37.6%
17.6% above district average (20%)
Attendance
93.8%
0.2% below district average (94%)

Also: England 94.8%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the WD23 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2024/25: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

22.8%

9.5% above England (13.3%)

KS2 expected standard2024/25

43%

18% below England (61%)

KS2 greater depth2024/25

8%

Same as England (8%)

KS2 reading2024/25

57%

18% below England (75%)

KS2 writing2024/25

60%

11% below England (71%)

KS2 maths2024/25

53%

21% below England (74%)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 93.5%
    2020/21
  • 90.7%
    2021/22
  • 89.7%
    2022/23
  • 92%
    2023/24
  • 93.3%
    2024/25

Key Stage 2

Share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined.

  • 45%
    2022/23
  • 54%
    2023/24
  • 43%
    2024/25

Admissions

Demand signal
About average
Published capacity (GIAS)
357
Pupils on roll
312

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Hertfordshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
17.4%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Aug 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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