High Beeches Primary School
Aldwickbury Crescent, Harpenden, AL5 5SD
420 pupils · 100% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Free school meals
- 3.3%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Outstanding” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 June 2023, published 16 July 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 80% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 15% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.05 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 60 | 63 | 227 | 60 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 60 | 45 | 214 | 60 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 59 | 71 | 255 | 59 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 57 | 55 | 220 | 57 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 60 | 56 | 233 | 60 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 60 | 59 | 264 | 60 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 69 | 254 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 60 | 47 | 279 | 60 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Crabtree Infants' School 0.4 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Crabtree Junior School 0.4 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- The Grove Junior School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- The Grove Infant and Nursery School 0.6 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- St Dominic Catholic Primary School 1 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Harpenden Academy 1.2 km · Improved significantly (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.