Bush Hill Park Primary School

About Bush Hill Park Primary School

Bush Hill Park Primary School is a popular choice among local families, with 115 applications chasing just 47 places in the 2025/26 admissions round — an oversubscription ratio of 2.45. Every first-preference applicant was offered a spot, which suggests that while demand is strong, the school is still accessible to those who list it as their top choice. The school’s parent-experience signals are positive: it has held a Good Ofsted rating across both its most recent inspections, including an ungraded visit in July 2023 that confirmed it remains Good. With 464 pupils on roll against a capacity of 630, there is some headroom, but the high application numbers indicate that Bush Hill Park is firmly on the radar for Enfield families.

Academically, the school’s Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined was 60%, which sits below the Enfield local authority average of 67%. In individual subjects, reading performed strongest with 77% at expected and 35% at a higher standard, while maths saw 75% at expected and 21% at the higher level. Writing was weaker, with 62% at expected and only 8% reaching the higher standard. The school’s average scaled scores were 106 in reading and 104 in maths. In the Enfield rankings, Bush Hill Park sits 44th out of 59 primary schools on the combined expected standard metric, placing it in the bottom half of the local authority. Nationally, it ranks in the 57th percentile.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a sports hall, art studios, a forest school, an outdoor playground and a chapel. Sports provision covers football, cross country, rounders, tennis and cricket, while clubs include gardening, choir and film club. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing impairment and autistic spectrum disorder. With nursery provision available for children from age two, Bush Hill Park is a full-through primary option. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Galliard Primary School, 0.8 km away, which may be a consideration for parents weighing their options within Enfield.

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