Oxhey Wood Primary School, Watford

Ofsted's report card from its 7 July 2026 inspection grades Oxhey Wood Primary School on 7 areas: 4 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders know that regular attendance is crucial for pupils' success, academically and socially."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusion is at the very heart of leaders' approach."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders are sharply focused on enabling every pupil to achieve well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school's extra-curricular programme is meticulously planned to support pupils' personal development and wellbeing."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils arrive at the school with a range of starting points."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum is designed to offer pupils a broad and balanced education, with a focus on the aspects they particularly need to develop."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that the early years curriculum covers the knowledge and skills children need to learn."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure they continue to strengthen the teaching of foundational knowledge and skills, such as phonics and handwriting, so that even more pupils achieve well across the curriculum"; "Leaders should ensure they continue to support highly effective teaching in the early years to improve all children's readiness for later learning".

In its own words: "The Agora Learning Partnership (formerly the Herts for Learning Multi Academy Trust) is an inclusive, collaborative and forward looking Trust where we all work together, learn together and succeed together in order to give all of the children in our academies the best possible education and learning opportunities."

From the headteacher's welcome: "At Oxhey Wood, we are committed to working in partnership with parents to ensure every child achieves their full potential, feels safe and happy at school, and develops a lifelong love of learning. Our school is underpinned by five core values: Community, Compassion, Creativity, Courage and Curiosity."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 88% of Year 6 pupils at Oxhey Wood Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 88% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 76% in Hertfordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 81% in reading and 85% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 29 families put Oxhey Wood Primary School as their first choice and 90 named it as one of their preferences, for 53 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Oxhey Wood Primary School are Warren Dell Primary School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 73% reading, 88% maths); St Joseph Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 82% reading, 82% maths); Woodhall Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 72% reading, 61% maths); and Greenfields Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 87% reading, 87% maths).

Oxhey Wood Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Oxhey Wood Primary School is one of 11 schools run by Agora Learning Partnership, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

53.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (35%), White British (35%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 48 pupils (12.4%) received SEN support and 29 (7.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Carpenders Park Rail Station, about 560 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Oakdale Road (near), 90 metres away.

Oxhey Wood Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.