Schools in Hertfordshire

440 schools with published admissions figures

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The newest figures for each school. "1st prefs per place" is how many families put the school first, for each place it gave out. It measures demand, not whether a child would get a place. A dash means the figure is not available.

How the 2026 round went in Hertfordshire

Primary

• Offered their first choice 89.1%

  Of families applying for a primary place for September 2026. Against 82.4% in 2016.

• Offered one of their three 97.8%

  Families offered any of the schools they named.

• Families who applied 12,543

  Applications received for a primary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 89.1% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 97.8% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is 6.7 points higher than in 2016, when it was 82.4%.

The council's primary schools between them had 14,776 places for 12,543 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Secondary

• Offered their first choice 77.5%

  Of families applying for a secondary place for September 2026. Against 79.4% in 2016.

• Offered one of their three 92.4%

  Families offered any of the schools they named.

• Families who applied 13,456

  Applications received for a secondary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 77.5% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 92.4% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is 2.0 points lower than in 2016, when it was 79.4%.

The council's secondary schools between them had 15,222 places for 13,456 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Source: Department for Education, applications and offers. The same round across England.

The rules Hertfordshire allocated under in 2026

From the council's own allocation reports for 2026, covering 294 schools. This is not the order of priority. The reports say how many children each rule admitted, never where the rule sits in the list, so these are ordered by the number of children and that is a different thing. For the rules in order, read the admission arrangements the admission authority publishes.

Used across the council

Recorded by most of its schools, so part of the council's standard scheme rather than one school's own arrangement.

Used by some schools only

Recorded by a minority of schools here, so more likely to belong to those schools' own arrangements than to the council's scheme.

These are the council's own names for its rules and cannot be compared with another council's. Source: the council's published allocation reports.

If a family is refused a place

Source: Department for Education, admission appeals in England, reporting year 2026. Counts every school in this council area. The share that succeeded is taken over appeals heard by a panel, not over appeals lodged.

Elsewhere

• Most sought-after schools in Hertfordshire by first preferences per place
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• Schools in AL10 (10)
• Schools in AL2 (7)
• Schools in AL3 (10)
• Schools in AL4 (10)
• Schools in AL5 (15)
• Schools in AL6 (4)
• Schools in AL7 (12)
• Schools in AL8 (7)
• Schools in AL9 (5)
• Schools in CM21 (4)
• Schools in CM23 (23)
• Schools in EN10 (4)
• Schools in EN11 (10)
• Schools in EN6 (11)
• Schools in EN7 (9)
• Schools in EN8 (13)
• Schools in HA6 (5)
• Schools in HP1 (11)
• Schools in HP2 (14)
• Schools in HP23 (8)
• Schools in HP3 (11)
• Schools in HP4 (11)
• Schools in LU2 (14)
• What data we hold