SCHOOL PROFILE

Bushey Meads School: data, trends and context

Bushey Meads School is a secondary school in Hertfordshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
137872
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Region
East of England
Trust
BUSHEY ST JAMES TRUST
Postcode
WD23 4PA
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,200
FSM eligible
20.5%
EAL / First language other than English
18.9%
SEND (total)
24.3%
SEN Support
15.2%
EHCP
9.1%
White British
50.1%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
86.9%
Overall absence
13.1%
Persistent absence
32.5%
Severe absence
8.7%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
HertfordshireLocal authority92.0%8.0%2.2%
East of EnglandRegion91.5%8.5%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 24 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
47.1%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
13.8%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.08%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
43.6
English & maths grade 5+
41.0%
English & maths grade 4+
63.8%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Bushey Meads School is a secondary school in Hertfordshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.