Hollybush Primary School
Fordwich Rise, Hertford, SG14 2DF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Jeremy Fisher
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 190
- URN
- 117263
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01992581454
About this school
Hollybush Primary School is a community primary school in Hertford. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 190 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Hollybush Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 27 | 19 | 25 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 26% | 32% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 0% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 63% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 59% | 32% | 44% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 47% | 56% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 100.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 98.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Hollybush Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hertfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 26% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 32% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 222 |
| 2023/24 | 217 |
| 2024/25 | 204 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hollybush Primary School compares
Hollybush Primary School ranked 327th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32% | 5.5% | 38.4% | 190 | — |
| Hertford St Andrew CofE Primary School | — | 5.9% | 49.6% | 156 | 0.3 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford) | 46% | 6.1% | 7.9% | 224 | 0.3 miles |
| Mill Mead Primary Academy | — | — | — | 216 | 0.7 miles |
| Bengeo Primary School | 61% | 4.4% | 12.4% | 449 | 1.0 miles |
| Morgans Primary School & Nursery | 58% | 6.1% | 19.1% | 346 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.42%
- English as an additional language
- 5.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.5%
- Persistent absence
- 15.15%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hertford St Andrew CofE Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Hertford
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford)0.3 miles
Primary · Hertford
-
Mill Mead Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Hertford
-
Bengeo Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Hertford
-
Morgans Primary School & Nursery1.1 miles
Primary · Hertford
Other schools in Hertford
Hollybush Primary School ranks 11th of the 12 ranked primary schools in Hertford.
- Abel Smith School Primary
- Bayford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Bengeo Primary School Primary
- Hertford Heath Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Hertford St Andrew CofE Primary School Primary
- Hertingfordbury Cowper Primary School Primary
- Mill Mead Primary Academy Primary
- Morgans Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Ponsbourne St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford) Primary
- Stapleford Primary School Primary
- Watton-at-Stone Primary and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Hollybush Primary School teach?
- Hollybush Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Hertford.
- Who is the headteacher of Hollybush Primary School?
- The headteacher of Hollybush Primary School is Mr Jeremy Fisher, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Hollybush Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hollybush Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Hollybush Primary School?
- Hollybush Primary School has 190 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Hollybush Primary School full?
- Hollybush Primary School has capacity for 240 pupils and 190 on roll (79%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Hollybush Primary School a faith school?
- No. Hollybush Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hollybush Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Hollybush Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Hollybush Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 32% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hollybush Primary School compare with other schools in Hertfordshire?
- Hollybush Primary School ranked 327th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hollybush Primary School's absence rate?
- Hollybush Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hollybush Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hollybush Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.