Primary
The Russell School
Brushwood Drive, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, WD3 5RR
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 237 of 240 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 15.9
- Pupils per adult
- 14.0
- Pupils
- 224
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected September 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
November 2022
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)April 2017
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
SATs results
86%
14 points above the Rickmansworth average (72% across 15 schools)
112.0
4.5 above the Rickmansworth average (107.5 across 15 schools)
3rd of 15 by our score, among the primary schools in Rickmansworth we can score - 16 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 111 |
| Average reading score | 112 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 86% |
| Working at a higher standard | 34% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 97% |
| 23/24 | 97% |
| 24/25 | 86% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 114.0 |
| 23/24 | 112.0 |
| 24/25 | 112.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 114.0 |
| 23/24 | 111.0 |
| 24/25 | 111.0 |
Brushwood Drive, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, WD3 5RR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Hertfordshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Claire Pitt
- Address
- Brushwood Drive, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, WD3 5RR
- Telephone
- 01923284272