Primary Schools in Hertsmere - Bushey

Bushey

Name Faith Type Gov Opened Intake DCSF number Ofsted number Web Coordinates
Ashfield Junior VC 1845 60 3012 117391 W 51°38′22″N 0°21′26″W / 51.6394°N 0.3571°W / 51.6394; -0.3571 (Ashfield Junior School)
Bournehall Primary CY 1969 30 2360 117296 W 51°39′00″N 0°21′37″W / 51.6499°N 0.3604°W / 51.6499; -0.3604 (Bournehall Primary School)
Bushey Heath Primary CY 1879 30 2012 117088 W 51°38′12″N 0°20′29″W / 51.6368°N 0.3413°W / 51.6368; -0.3413 (Bushey Heath Primary School)
Bushey Manor Junior CY 1907 60 2261 117242 W 51°38′49″N 0°22′33″W / 51.6470°N 0.3757°W / 51.6470; -0.3757 (Bushey Manor Junior School)
Falconer Special CY 7033 117686 W 51°38′49″N 0°22′06″W / 51.6470°N 0.3682°W / 51.6470; -0.3682 (Falconer School)
Hartsbourne Primary CY 30 2372 117300 W 51°37′52″N 0°20′33″W / 51.6312°N 0.3425°W / 51.6312; -0.3425 (Hartsbourne Primary School)
Highwood Primary CY 1949 60 2013 117089 W 51°39′57″N 0°22′30″W / 51.6658°N 0.3750°W / 51.6658; -0.3750 (Highwood Primary School)
Little Reddings Primary FD 51 5208 117568 W 51°38′51″N 0°21′22″W / 51.6474°N 0.3560°W / 51.6474; -0.3560 (Little Reddings Primary School)
Meadow Wood Special CY 7043 117691 W 51°38′54″N 0°21′02″W / 51.6483°N 0.3506°W / 51.6483; -0.3506 (Meadow Wood School)
Merry Hill Infants CY 1885 60 2014 117090 W 51°38′17″N 0°21′20″W / 51.6380°N 0.3555°W / 51.6380; -0.3555 (Merry Hill School)
Sacred Heart RC Primary VA 1970 40 3415 117488 W 51°38′38″N 0°22′16″W / 51.6440°N 0.3711°W / 51.6440; -0.3711 (Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School)

The first public elementary schools in Bushey were national schools, established in 1827 in buildings near St James's church. As usual for the time, there were separate schools for infants and older boys and girls. A non-denominational British school for boys was built on Merry Hill Lane (now School Lane) in 1845, after which the boys' national school soon closed. In 1866, Arthur Ashfield donated £5455 to the boys' school, which was renamed Ashfield School in 1919.

When the Bushey school board was established in 1879, it took over the running of the three schools, moving the girls' and infants schools from the Congregational Church lecture hall to new premises on Merry Hill Lane in 1885. The girls' school was renamed Bushey Girls' Board School in 1889, and Merry Hill Board School in 1900, amalgamating with the infants department in 1923. In 1972 the last junior girls left the school, now known as Merry Hill Infants School and linked with Ashfield School.

The board also established an infants school on The Rutts in 1879, absorbing a girls' and infants school founded in 1850. The school was extended and modernised in 1967, becoming Bushey Heath Primary School.

The Bushey board also built schools for infants, boys and girls on London Road, on the site now occupied by Bushey Health Centre. The infants school was abolished in 1929, when the girls' school became a senior school. London Road Boys' Elementary School moved to Grange Road in 1957, becoming Bushey Manor Junior School in the 1960s. It is linked with Bushey and Oxhey Infant School, which is just inside the boundary of Watford.

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