Schools in Bushey

Victorian villas and studio buildings from Bushey's celebrated late-nineteenth-century artists' colony give this Hertfordshire town a built character seldom matched elsewhere in Hertsmere. Around 28,000 people lived in the town at the 2021 census, up from 25,000 a decade earlier.

Bushey station puts London Euston around twenty minutes away via London Overground and West Midlands Trains services, anchoring the town firmly in the commuter corridor north of the capital. Bushey Heath, the elevated neighbourhood on the southern boundary with the London Borough of Harrow, is widely regarded as Bushey's most school-competitive postcode, drawing families across primary, secondary, and sixth-form catchments. Hartsbourne and Merry Hill extend the residential spread to the north and east.

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  • 3

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Area Performance

Bushey schools rank in the top 41% of England

Across 18 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.35/10, -0.12 vs England.

Find My School Inspection Band

13% Elite

Distribution across all Bushey schools

EliteExcellentGoodDeveloping

Bushey vs England distribution

National Rank

Top 41%

Across all ranked Bushey schools

Top 38%Primaryavg #5,663 of 14,978
Top 44%Secondaryavg #1,701 of 3,861
Top 41%Sixth formavg #1,057 of 2,554

Local directory

School profiles in Bushey

Browse 16 local profile links across primary schools and secondary schools. Each profile brings together admissions context, performance data, inspection history and school details in one place.

Primary schools

13 local matches

Rankings

Secondary schools

5 local matches

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