Bovingdon Primary Academy

Bovingdon Primary Academy has demonstrated overall good performance since its first inspection. The school creates a welcoming and friendly environment where pupils feel safe, happy, and proud to learn. Its curriculum is ambitious and well-planned, allowing for successful knowledge progression, especially in core subjects like mathematics and English. Notably, personal development is rated as outstanding, showcasing how pupils engage with their community and take on responsibilities effectively. However, the school must address some gaps in knowledge retention in certain foundation subjects to ensure all students achieve to their full potential.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy attending the school and feel safe and happy.
• Well-planned and ambitious curriculum that links to core values.
• Effective reading program with strong phonics instruction.
• Pupils with SEND receive skilled support and make strong progress.
• Pupils engage positively in extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in curriculum implementation in foundation subjects leading to knowledge gaps.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Bovingdon Primary Academy attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.0% of pupils at Bovingdon Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Bovingdon Primary Academy had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 9.1% of pupils at Bovingdon Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Bovingdon Primary Academy received £6,213 and spent £6,746 for each of its 412 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £635,000 (£1,542 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Aspire Academies Trust, income was £6,720 and spending £6,973 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Hemel Hempstead · Hertfordshire local authority: places and applications

Bovingdon Primary Academy is part of Aspire Academies Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Broadfield Academy Hemel Hempstead
• Hammond Academy Hemel Hempstead
• Bedmond Academy Abbots Langley
• The Grove Academy Watford
• Knutsford Primary Academy Watford

What is Bovingdon Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bovingdon Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Bovingdon Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Bovingdon Primary Academy was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Bovingdon Primary Academy have?

Bovingdon Primary Academy has 428 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bovingdon Primary Academy cover?

Bovingdon Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Bovingdon Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 92% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bovingdon Primary Academy?

Bovingdon Primary Academy is at Bovingdon Primary Academy,High Street, High Street, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 0HL.