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EnglandBushey

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.

Area Performance

Bushey schools rank in the top 43% 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

13%
19%
63%
6%
EliteExcellentGoodDeveloping

Bushey vs England distribution

National Rank

Top 43%

Across all ranked Bushey schools

Top 38%Primaryavg #5,642 of 14,978
Top 50%Secondaryavg #1,844 of 3,680
Top 47%Sixth formavg #1,118 of 2,376

Primary schools: 8 schools (state + independent)

LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.5/10
+0.16 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#5,642
+12 pts vs medianmedian 7,489

top 38% of 14,978

% reaching expected RWM standardstate
67%
+5 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
13%
+5 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.5/10
+0.16 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#5,642
+12 pts vs medianmedian 7,489

top 38% of 14,978

% reaching expected RWM standardstate
67%
+5 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
13%
+5 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%

Secondary schools: 5 schools (state + independent)

LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.2/10
-0.17 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#1,844
0 pts vs medianmedian 1,840

top 50% of 3,680

% achieving grades 9-7 (A*-A)state
58%
+2 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 56%
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
43.5
+4.4 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.2/10
-0.17 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#1,844
0 pts vs medianmedian 1,840

top 50% of 3,680

% achieving grades 9-7 (A*-A)state
58%
+2 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 56%
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
43.5
+4.4 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1

Sixth form schools: 5 schools (state + independent)

LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.2/10
-0.52 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,118
+3 pts vs medianmedian 1,188

top 47% of 2,376

% A*-A at A-Level
31%
+6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
60%
+9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.2/10
-0.52 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,118
+3 pts vs medianmedian 1,188

top 47% of 2,376

% A*-A at A-Level
31%
+6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
60%
+9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%

Overall Oxbridge

#1,191

5 ranked schools · -277 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984

Applications

26

Offers

4

Offer rate15.4%
-7.0 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%

Oxford

#287

3 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198

Applications

12

Offers

0

Offer rate0.0%
-15.1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 15.1%

Cambridge

#906

4 ranked schools · -133 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881

Applications

14

Offers

4

Offer rate28.6%
-0.9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 29.4%
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