Hertfordshire schools and admissions data

Hertfordshire County Council has 476 primary schools and 142 secondary schools. 9% of Hertfordshire's schools are private schools. 262 state schools in Hertfordshire follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 260 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Hertfordshire

  1. Outstanding 112
  2. Good 351
  3. Requires Improvement 34
  4. Inadequate 11

Most popular state schools
in Hertfordshire in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin

    Voluntary aided school • Hitchin

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Longlands Primary School and Nursery

    Community school • Turnford, Broxbourne

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Bournehall Primary School

    Community school • Bushey

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Layston Church of England First School

    Voluntary controlled school • Buntingford

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery School

    Community school • Watford

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    St Peter's School

    Community school • St Albans

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Maple Primary School

    Community school • St Albans

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Boxmoor Primary School

    Community school • Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Two Waters Primary School

    Community school • Apsley, Hemel Hempstead

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  10. 10

    Greenway Primary and Nursery School

    Community school • Berkhamsted

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    St Teresa Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Borehamwood

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    Simon Balle All-Through School

    Academy converter • Hertford

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  13. 13

    Chorleywood Primary School

    Community school • Chorleywood, Rickmansworth

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  14. 14

    Harvey Road Primary School

    Community school • Croxley Green, Rickmansworth

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  15. 15

    Pixies Hill Primary School

    Community school • Hemel Hempstead

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Sheredes Primary School

    Community school • Hoddesdon

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  17. 17

    Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School

    Community school • Potters Bar

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Flamstead End School

    Academy converter • Cheshunt, Waltham Cross

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  19. 19

    Bushey Heath Primary School

    Community school • Bushey Heath, Bushey

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  20. 20

    Brockswood Primary School

    Community school • Woodhall Farm, Hemel Hempstead

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  1. 1

    Hockerill Anglo-European College

    Academy converter • Bishop's Stortford

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Parmiter's School

    Academy converter • Garston, Watford

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Watford Grammar School for Girls

    Academy converter • Watford

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Watford Grammar School for Boys

    Academy converter • Watford

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Dame Alice Owen's School

    Academy converter • Potters Bar

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    St George's School

    Academy converter • Harpenden

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School

    Academy converter • Hatfield

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  8. 8

    Goffs Academy

    Academy converter • Cheshunt, Waltham Cross

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Beaumont School

    Academy converter • St Albans

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  10. 10

    The Bishop's Stortford High School

    Foundation school • Bishop's Stortford

    Ofsted: Outstanding

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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