Bonneygrove Primary School
General Information
- Address: Dark Lane, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN7 5ED – View on map
- Phone: 01992307900
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Craig Hamilton
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 38 families put it first for 55 places – 7 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 55 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 7 · 2024 8 · 2025 8 · 2026 7
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 125
- % eligible for free school meals: 31.8%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (similar to the Broxbourne average)
- English as an additional language: 35% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 28.2% a year (Broxbourne 19.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 57% moved to another school, 43% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Hertfordshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 33 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 13 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 3 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Hertfordshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 18.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 8.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 12 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 60% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Broxbourne average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 70% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 70%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 88% · Maths 63% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 82%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
- Based on: 60 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 14th of 27 junior and primary schools in the area
- #12St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx)62%
- #13Burleigh Primary School61%
- =14Bonneygrove Primary School60%
- =14Millbrook School60%
- =16Churchfield Church of England Academy55%
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4th of 19 primary schools in Broxbourne for Ofsted rating
- #2Longlands Primary School and NurseryOutstanding
- #3Sheredes Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #4Bonneygrove Primary SchoolGood
- #5Burleigh Primary SchoolGood
- #6Churchfield Church of England AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,373 (2024-25)
19th of 28 primary schools in Broxbourne for spending per pupil
- #17Churchfield Church of England Academy£6,524
- #18St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School£6,435
- #19Bonneygrove Primary School£6,373
- #20Fairfields Primary School and Nursery£6,353
- #21Burleigh Primary School£6,174
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