Cowper Road, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP1 1PF
10 reasons to choose Boxmoor Primary School
Top line
Boxmoor Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 67. It is one of the best state primary schools in Hemel Hempstead and one of the 5 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Boxmoor Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2024) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Boxmoor Primary School has one class per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Boxmoor Primary School ranks in the top 36% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress scores are around the national average.
The Boxmoor Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Core subjects are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly topics with cross-curricular links to other subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, Forest School to Year 3 and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Boxmoor Primary School
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Boxmoor Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir and orchestra. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 6.00pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near Boxmoor Primary School
Lockers Park School (0.5 miles); Westbrook Hay Prep School (1.7 miles); Abbot’s Hill Prep School (2.7 miles).
South Hill Primary School (0.7 miles); Pixies Hill Primary School (0.9 miles); St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Junior School, Hemel Hempstead (1 mile).
Abbot’s Hill School, Baird House (2.7 miles); Berkhamsted School (3.7 miles); St Columba’s College, St Alban’s (7 miles).
The Hemel Hempstead School (0.6 miles); John F Kennedy Catholic School (1.2 miles); Longdean School (2.5 miles).