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
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Offered their first choice
89.1%
Of families applying for a primary place for September 2026. Against 82.4% in 2016.
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Offered one of their three
97.8%
Families offered any of the schools they named.
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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
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Offered their first choice
77.5%
Of families applying for a secondary place for September 2026. Against 79.4% in 2016.
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Offered one of their three
92.4%
Families offered any of the schools they named.
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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.
| Rule | Schools | Children admitted |
|---|---|---|
| Siblings | 294 | 3,896 |
| Nearest School | 280 | 3,318 |
| Not Nearest School | 278 | 2,401 |
| Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan | 294 | 223 |
| Non ranked allocation | 294 | 213 |
| Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After | 294 | 68 |
| Medical/Social | 291 | 10 |
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.
| Rule | Schools | Children admitted |
|---|---|---|
| Linked Infant School | 25 | 1,521 |
| Distance | 16 | 262 |
| Priority Area | 2 | 31 |
| Children of Staff | 54 | 25 |
| Siblings In Priority Area | 1 | 24 |
| In Priority Area, Distance | 1 | 21 |
| St John's Linked Nursery | 1 | 10 |
| Roebuck Linked Nursery | 1 | 8 |
| In Priority Area, Nearest School | 1 | 7 |
| Outside Priority Area, Distance | 1 | 0 |
| Outside Priority Area, Nearest School | 1 | 0 |
| Siblings Outside Priority Area | 1 | 0 |
| Siblings Outside Priority Area, Nearest School | 1 | 0 |
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
In 2026, families in Hertfordshire lodged 1,041 appeals about a school place.
670 of them were heard by a panel and 113 succeeded, which is about 17 in every 100 heard.
The other 371 did not reach a panel. Most appeals that do not are withdrawn because a place comes up first.
This is a record of decisions already made. A panel hears one case at a time and decides it on what that family sets out, so these figures do not indicate what would happen in any particular appeal.
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.
Primary
| School | 1st prefs per place | Demand since | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Rose's Catholic Infant School
Hemel Hempstead |
0.97 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| St Teresa Catholic Primary School
Borehamwood |
1.53 | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School
Letchworth Garden City |
1.27 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Berkhamsted |
0.83 | - | Requires improvement Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School
Ware |
1.07 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Stapleford Primary School
Hertford |
- | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Stonehill School
Letchworth Garden City |
1.07 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Strathmore Infant and Nursery School
Hitchin |
1.03 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Studlands Rise First School
Royston |
0.96 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Summercroft Primary School
Bishop's Stortford |
0.97 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Summerswood Primary School
Borehamwood |
0.70 | - | Requires improvement Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School
Welwyn Garden City |
0.90 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Swing Gate Infant School and Nursery
Berkhamsted |
0.84 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Tanners Wood Junior Mixed and Infant School
Abbots Langley |
0.95 | - | Improved significantly Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Tannery Drift School
Royston |
0.95 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Templewood Primary School
Welwyn Garden City |
1.10 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Tewin Cowper Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Welwyn |
0.92 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans
St Albans |
1.36 | - | Improved significantly Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| The Cranbourne Primary School
Hoddesdon |
1.25 | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| The Giles Infant and Nursery School
Stevenage |
0.85 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| The Grove Academy
Watford |
0.93 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| The Grove Infant and Nursery School
Harpenden |
0.86 | - | Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| The Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Welwyn Garden City |
0.96 | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| The Lea Primary School and Nursery
Harpenden |
1.33 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| The Leys Primary and Nursery School
Stevenage |
0.95 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| The Orchard Primary School
Watford |
0.78 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| The Reddings Primary School
Hemel Hempstead |
0.93 | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| The Russell School
Rickmansworth |
1.66 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| The Ryde School
Hatfield |
0.67 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| The Wroxham School
Potters Bar |
0.76 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Therfield First School
Royston |
1.08 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Thorley Hill Primary School
Bishop's Stortford |
0.80 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Thorn Grove Primary School
Bishop's Stortford |
0.93 | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Thundridge Church of England Primary School
Herts |
0.93 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School
Stevenage |
1.21 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Tudor Primary School
Hemel Hempstead |
1.00 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Two Waters Primary School
Hemel Hempstead |
1.40 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery School
Berkhamsted |
0.77 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Walkern Primary School
Stevenage |
0.92 | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Warren Dell Primary School
Watford |
1.90 | - | Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Watchlytes Primary School
Welwyn Garden City |
0.84 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Waterside Academy
Welwyn Garden City |
0.90 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery)
Watford |
1.17 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Watford St John's Church of England Primary School
Watford |
0.77 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Watton-at-Stone Primary and Nursery School
Hertford |
0.88 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Welwyn St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Welwyn |
0.93 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Westfield Primary School
Berkhamsted |
0.69 | - | Requires improvement Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Weston Primary & Nursery School
Hitchin |
- | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Wheatcroft Primary School
Hertford |
0.97 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School
St. Albans |
0.95 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Widford School
Widford Herts |
- | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| William Ransom Primary School
Hitchin |
1.08 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Willow Tree Primary School
Watford |
0.65 | - | Requires improvement Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Windermere Primary School
St. Albans |
1.00 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Windhill21
Bishop's Stortford |
1.10 | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Wood End School
Harpenden |
1.27 | - | Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Woodhall Primary School
Watford |
- | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Woodlands Primary School
Borehamwood |
1.22 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Woodside Primary School
Waltham Cross |
0.83 | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Woolenwick Infant and Nursery School
Stevenage |
1.29 | - | School remains Outstanding Ofsted ungraded inspection |
Elsewhere
- Most sought-after schools in Hertfordshire by first preferences per place
- Schools in AL1 (16)
- 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