St Margaret's School
Other independent school · Mixed · Hertfordshire
Merry Hill Road, Bushey, WD23 1DT
79
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
799
Capacity used
Nearly full94%
850 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 2–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Ben Turner
- Address
- Merry Hill Road, Bushey, WD23 1DT
- Phone
- 02084164400
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Bushey Park · Hertsmere
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 117606
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 21% | — | — |
799 pupils · 850 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
Read the full Ofsted reportGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 55.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 63% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 75% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.96 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 41.75 | — | — |
Average grade: B+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 56.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 73.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 85% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 31.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.88 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 60 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 39.17 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 16.7% | 17% |
| A-level students | 44 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 59 | 36% | 80% | 90% | |
| English Language | 56 | 32% | 86% | 89% | |
| English Literature | 48 | 40% | 92% | 100% | |
| Combined Science | 34 | 12% | 74% | 94% | |
| Business | 25 | 24% | 80% | 96% | |
| Biology | 21 | 76% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 21 | 62% | 95% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 21 | 71% | 95% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 20 | 55% | 75% | 85% | |
| History | 18 | 56% | 83% | 94% | |
| Geography | 18 | 61% | 83% | 89% | |
| Design & Technology | 15 | 80% | 100% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 21 | 10% | 10% | 33% | |
| English Literature | 11 | 27% | 55% | 82% | |
| Government and Politics | 10 | 0% | 30% | 80% | |
| Business Studies | 9 | 11% | 22% | 78% | |
| Physical Education / Sports Studies | 8 | 38% | 50% | 63% | |
| Biology | 7 | 14% | 86% | 86% | |
| History | 7 | 14% | 71% | 71% | |
| Fine Art | 7 | 29% | 57% | 86% | |
| Mathematics | 7 | 0% | 14% | 57% | |
| Religious Studies | 7 | 14% | 14% | 29% | |
| Classical Civilisation | 6 | 0% | 17% | 67% | |
| Photography | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11101: St Margaret's School, Bushey
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.