Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Bushey · WD23 1SR · Hertfordshire
Ages 7–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 117090
Merry Hill Infant School and Nursery
Community school · Bushey · WD23 1ST
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–7
Pupils
166
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Age range
Ages 3–7
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–7, in Bushey, Hertfordshire, 166 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 12.3%.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Ages 7–11
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 117090
Location
- Address
- School Lane
- Postcode
- WD23 1ST
- Town
- Bushey
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 166
- Boys / girls
- 92 / 74
- School capacity
- 180
- Capacity fill
- 166 / 180 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 12.3%
- FSM pupils
- 19
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Melissa Adams
- Telephone
- 02089502166
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-12-05
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes