Bushey and Oxhey Infant School

About Bushey and Oxhey Infant School

Bushey and Oxhey Infant School was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024, a rating it has held consistently across both its graded inspections. The school serves children aged 5 to 7, so its academic story is told through the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1, rather than the KS2 SATs that typically define primary performance in Hertfordshire. In the 2024 inspection, every category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — was judged Good. This is a solid, unflashy result that reflects steady leadership under headteacher Mary Ann Cooper. The school’s previous inspection in 2011 also rated it Good overall, with early years provision then judged Outstanding. That earlier strength in the youngest years has settled to Good, but the consistency across a thirteen-year gap suggests a stable approach. With only 166 pupils against a capacity of 180, the school is not at full roll, but it is heavily oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, it received 134 applications for 59 places, with 56 first-preference offers made from 59 first-preference applications. That ratio of 2.27 applicants per place tells you local families rate it highly.

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