Hertfordshire schools and admissions data

Hertfordshire County Council has 478 primary schools and 140 secondary schools. 9% of Hertfordshire's schools are private schools. 272 state schools in Hertfordshire follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 251 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Hertfordshire

  1. Outstanding 121
  2. Good 330
  3. Requires Improvement 49
  4. Inadequate 12

Most popular state schools
in Hertfordshire in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Watford St John's Church of England Primary School

    Free schools • Watford

    Ofsted: None

  2. 2

    Yavneh Primary School

    Free schools • Borehamwood

    Ofsted: None

  3. 3

    Harpenden Academy

    Free schools • Harpenden

    Ofsted: None

  4. 4

    Churchfield CofE Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Waltham Cross

    Ofsted: None

  5. 5

    Bedmond Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Bedmond, Abbots Langley

    Ofsted: None

  6. 6

    Manor Fields Primary School

    Academy sponsor led • Bishop's Stortford

    Ofsted: None

  7. 7

    St Paul's Walden Primary School

    Community school • Whitwell, Hitchin

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  8. 8

    Millbrook School

    Community school • Cheshunt, Waltham Cross

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  9. 9

    Walkern Primary School

    Community school • Walkern, Stevenage

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Camps Hill Primary School

    Academy converter • Stevenage

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  11. 11

    Woolenwick Junior School

    Community school • Stevenage

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  12. 12

    The Cranbourne Primary School

    Academy converter • Hoddesdon

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Furneux Pelham Church of England School

    Voluntary controlled school • Furneux Pelham

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Clore Shalom School

    Voluntary aided school • Shenley

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Parkside Community Primary School

    Foundation school • Borehamwood

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    St Michael's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Bishop's Stortford

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Tanners Wood Junior Mixed and Infant School

    Community school • Abbots Langley

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Hammond Academy

    Academy converter • Hemel Hempstead

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  19. 19

    St Mary's Infants' School

    Voluntary controlled school • Baldock

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  20. 20

    Countess Anne Church of England School

    Academy converter • Hatfield

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  1. 1

    St Elizabeth's Centre

    Special post 16 institution • Hertfordshire

    Ofsted: None

  2. 2

    Haileybury Turnford

    Academy sponsor led • Cheshunt, Waltham Cross

    Ofsted: None

  3. 3

    Robert Barclay Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Hoddesdon

    Ofsted: None

  4. 4

    Croxley Danes School

    Free schools • Croxley Green, Rickmansworth

    Ofsted: None

  5. 5

    Katherine Warington School

    Free schools • Harpenden

    Ofsted: None

  6. 6

    Bushey Meads School

    Academy converter • Bushey

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Pinewood School

    Academy special converter • Ware

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  8. 8

    The Elstree UTC

    University technical college • Elstree, Borehamwood

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    St Mary's Church of England High School (VA)

    Academy converter • Cheshunt, Waltham Cross

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  10. 10

    Hertswood Academy

    Academy converter • Borehamwood

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

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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