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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wormley CofE Primary School
Broxbourne |
0.81 | - | Strong standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Wymondley Junior Mixed and Infant School
Hitchin |
- | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Yavneh Primary School
Borehamwood |
0.92 | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Yewtree Primary School
Hemel Hempstead |
0.76 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Yorke Mead Primary School
Rickmansworth |
1.09 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
Secondary
| School | 1st prefs per place | Demand since | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashlyns School
Berkhamsted |
1.10 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Avanti Grange Secondary School
Bishops Stortford |
1.20 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Barclay Academy
Stevenage |
0.76 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Barnwell School
Stevenage |
0.48 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Beaumont School
St Albans |
1.28 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Birchwood High School
Bishop's Stortford |
0.55 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School
Hatfield |
1.37 | - | School remains Outstanding Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Bushey Meads School
Bushey |
0.46 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Chancellor's School
Hatfield |
1.08 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Croxley Danes School
Rickmansworth |
0.79 | - | Strong standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Dame Alice Owen's School
Potters Bar |
1.78 | - | Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Fearnhill School
Letchworth |
0.88 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Future Academies Watford
Watford |
0.38 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Goffs - Churchgate Academy
Waltham Cross |
0.83 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Goffs Academy
Waltham Cross |
1.17 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Gracewood Academy
Potters Bar |
0.29 | - | Requires improvement Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Haileybury Turnford
Waltham Cross |
0.77 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Hertswood Academy
Borehamwood |
0.79 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Hitchin Boys' School
Hitchin |
1.17 | - | Exceptional Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Hitchin Girls' School
Hitchin |
1.27 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Hockerill Anglo-European College
Bishop's Stortford |
2.49 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| John F Kennedy Catholic School
Hemel Hempstead |
0.97 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Katherine Warington School
Harpenden |
0.84 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Kings Langley School
Kings Langley |
0.86 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Laureate Academy
Hemel Hempstead |
0.23 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Leventhorpe
Sawbridgeworth |
0.94 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Longdean School
Hemel Hempstead |
1.09 | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Loreto College
St Albans |
0.88 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Marriotts School
Stevenage |
1.34 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Monk's Walk School
Welwyn Garden City |
1.03 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School
St Albans |
1.14 | - | Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Onslow St Audrey's School
Hatfield |
0.48 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Parmiter's School
Watford |
2.37 | - | Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Presdales School
Ware |
1.10 | - | Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Queens' School
Bushey |
1.68 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Richard Hale School
Hertford |
1.12 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Rickmansworth School
Rickmansworth |
1.23 | - | Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Ridgeway Academy
Welwyn Garden City |
0.59 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Robert Barclay Academy
Hoddesdon |
0.88 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Roundwood Park School
Harpenden |
1.17 | - | Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School
Rickmansworth |
0.74 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Saint Michael's Catholic High School
Watford |
1.08 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Sandringham School
St Albans |
1.45 | - | Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Sir John Lawes School
Harpenden |
1.39 | - | Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St Albans Girls' School
St Albans |
0.90 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St Clement Danes School
Rickmansworth |
1.28 | - | Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St George's School
Harpenden |
1.38 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St Mary's Catholic School
Bishop's Stortford |
0.81 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St Mary's Church of England High School (VA)
Waltham Cross |
0.60 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Stanborough School
Welwyn Garden City |
1.08 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| The Adeyfield Academy
Hemel Hempstead |
0.97 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| The Astley Cooper School
Hemel Hempstead |
0.92 | - | Needs attention Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| The Bishop's Stortford High School
Bishop's Stortford |
1.61 | - | School remains Outstanding Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| The Broxbourne School
Broxbourne |
1.61 | - | Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| The Chauncy School
Ware |
1.10 | - | School remains Outstanding Ofsted ungraded inspection |
Elsewhere
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