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Schools in Hertfordshire

  • 529State-funded schools
  • 398Primary
  • 82Secondary
  • 27Special
  • East of EnglandRegion
Applications per placeCircle size: applications
First choice · secondary 2026
77%
6 pts below England (84%)
13,456 families applied
First choice · primary 2026
89%
3 pts below England (92%)
12,543 families applied
Applications per place · secondary
3.0
0.7 above England median (2.2)
Median school
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How hard is it to get a place here?

DfE · families living in Hertfordshire
Secondary (Year 7) · Sept 2026
77%got their first choice
6 pts below England (84%)

13,456 applicants · 5.1% offered none of the schools they named

  1. 2026 77%; England 84%
  2. 2025 76%; England 84%
  3. 2024 77%; England 83%
  4. 2023 77%; England 83%
  5. 2022 79%; England 83%
  6. 2021 78%; England 81%
  7. 2020 79%; England 82%
  8. 2019 75%; England 81%
  9. 2018 78%; England 82%
  10. 2017 78%; England 83%
  11. 2016 79%; England 84%
  12. 2015 78%; England 84%
  13. 2014 78%; England 85%
  • Hertfordshire
  • England
Every year as a table
EntryApplicantsFirst choiceOne of first threeNone they named
Sep 202613,45677.5%92.4%5.1%
Sep 202513,69975.8%92.2%5.3%
Sep 202413,82676.9%92.0%5.5%
Sep 202314,04977.5%92.3%5.2%
Sep 202214,19278.6%92.8%4.9%
Sep 202114,06677.7%92.7%4.9%
Sep 202013,83378.6%93.4%4.2%
Sep 201914,25074.6%90.1%7.1%
Sep 201813,55577.9%92.1%5.2%
Sep 201713,04078.4%92.4%5.3%
Sep 201612,49679.4%93.3%4.5%
Sep 201512,50177.8%92.9%4.8%
Sep 201412,09378.4%92.4%5.1%
Primary (Reception) · Sept 2026
89%got their first choice
3 pts below England (92%)

12,543 applicants · 1.6% offered none of the schools they named

  1. 2026 89%; England 92%
  2. 2025 88%; England 93%
  3. 2024 90%; England 93%
  4. 2023 90%; England 92%
  5. 2022 88%; England 92%
  6. 2021 88%; England 92%
  7. 2020 87%; England 90%
  8. 2019 87%; England 91%
  9. 2018 87%; England 91%
  10. 2017 86%; England 90%
  11. 2016 82%; England 88%
  12. 2015 82%; England 88%
  13. 2014 83%; England 88%
  • Hertfordshire
  • England
Every year as a table
EntryApplicantsFirst choiceOne of first threeNone they named
Sep 202612,54389.1%97.8%1.6%
Sep 202512,83488.0%97.6%1.8%
Sep 202412,80089.5%97.9%1.5%
Sep 202313,00589.7%97.8%1.6%
Sep 202213,43988.2%97.3%1.9%
Sep 202113,50388.1%97.1%1.9%
Sep 202014,17087.4%97.0%2.0%
Sep 201914,17186.6%96.7%2.3%
Sep 201814,15287.0%96.3%2.6%
Sep 201714,43185.7%95.7%3.1%
Sep 201614,94182.4%93.3%5.2%
Sep 201515,08581.9%93.0%5.3%
Sep 201414,58782.5%93.7%5.1%

What has Ofsted found here?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report cards 66 schools of 529 · since November 2025

  • Inclusion
  • Curriculum and teaching
  • Achievement
  • Attendance and behaviour
  • Personal development and wellbeing
  • Early years (48)
  • Post-16 provision (12)
  • Leadership and governance

Bar: share of schools; number of schools at each grade below.

Overall grade from Ofsted's previous framework 380 schools · graded 2010 to 2024

  • Outstanding69
  • Good299
  • Requires improvement11
  • Inadequate1

Includes grades confirmed by a later ungraded inspection. Not comparable with report cards.

Graded 2024/25, no overall grade 79 schools

Key judgementOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of education214513–
Behaviour and attitudes26494–
Personal development3346––
Leadership and management224611–

Not yet inspected (new or reorganised schools): 4.

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Secondary schools in Hertfordshire

82 schools · Year 7 entry 2026

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Sorted by applications per place for September 2026 entry, highest first.

Sorted by Attainment 8, highest first.

Sorted by the date of the latest Ofsted inspection, newest first.

Sorted by name.

Sources: DfE admissions (Sept 2026), KS4 results, Ofsted.
SchoolLatest OfstedApplications per placeAttainment 8FSM
Hockerill Anglo-European College Good2022 11.5 applications per place 62.3 5%
Parmiter's School Outstanding2024 6.8 applications per place 65.0 7%
Rickmansworth School Outstanding2023 6.4 applications per place 63.7 6%
Queens' School Graded · no overall grade2025 6.0 applications per place 56.2 11%
Simon Balle All-Through School Remains Outstanding2024 5.4 applications per place 52.9 10%
Beaumont School Graded · no overall grade2025 5.0 applications per place 63.0 4%
Samuel Ryder Academy 2026 4.8 applications per place 52.4 20%
Croxley Danes School 2026 4.7 applications per place 51.6 16%
Avanti Grange Secondary School Graded · no overall grade2025 4.6 applications per place – 10%
St Clement Danes School Outstanding2024 4.6 applications per place 64.0 5%
Watford Grammar School for Boys Faith 2026 4.5 applications per place 66.3 7%
Sandringham School Outstanding2024 4.3 applications per place 65.7 8%
Goffs - Churchgate Academy 2026 4.2 applications per place 44.2 34%
The Broxbourne School Outstanding2024 4.1 applications per place 53.5 13%
The Priory School Remains Good2022 4.1 applications per place 46.5 27%
Dame Alice Owen's School Outstanding2023 4.0 applications per place 73.6 4%
Sir John Lawes School Outstanding2023 4.0 applications per place 63.9 10%
The Hemel Hempstead School 2026 4.0 applications per place 47.3 19%
Watford Grammar School for Girls Faith Outstanding2024 4.0 applications per place 65.5 7%
Katherine Warington School Good2024 3.8 applications per place 50.6 14%
Roundwood Park School Outstanding2023 3.7 applications per place 59.1 8%
Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School Faith Outstanding2023 3.7 applications per place 55.0 12%
Birchwood High School Graded · no overall grade2025 3.5 applications per place 45.5 18%
St George's School Faith Graded · no overall grade2025 3.4 applications per place 65.6 5%
Kings Langley School Remains Good2024 3.3 applications per place 46.9 15%
The Bishop's Stortford High School Remains Outstanding2023 3.3 applications per place 58.8 7%
Stanborough School Good2023 3.2 applications per place 49.3 19%
Richard Hale School Good2024 3.1 applications per place 54.0 10%
Chancellor's School Remains Good2023 3.1 applications per place 51.0 18%
Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School Faith Remains Good2023 3.1 applications per place 50.6 11%
St Albans Girls' School Graded · no overall grade2024 3.1 applications per place 60.7 12%
Longdean School Standards maintained2025 3.0 applications per place 43.7 26%
Loreto College Faith Graded · no overall grade2024 3.0 applications per place 56.2 15%
Goffs Academy Remains Good2023 3.0 applications per place 50.6 20%
The Thomas Alleyne Academy Standards maintained2024 3.0 applications per place 44.9 26%
Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School Remains Outstanding2022 3.0 applications per place 54.5 20%
King James Academy Royston Good2024 3.0small intake applications per place 40.5 19%
The Chauncy School Remains Outstanding2023 3.0 applications per place 49.4 17%
The Highfield School Good2023 3.0 applications per place 42.0 27%
Fearnhill School 2026 3.0 applications per place 37.5 40%
Marriotts School 2026 3.0 applications per place 41.8 32%
The Nobel School Remains Good2023 2.9 applications per place 49.0 20%
The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College Outstanding2023 2.9 applications per place 62.0 6%
Saint Michael's Catholic High School Faith Graded · no overall grade2025 2.9 applications per place 48.8 14%
Leventhorpe Good2024 2.8 applications per place 47.1 13%
Ashlyns School Good2023 2.8 applications per place 54.0 12%
Robert Barclay Academy Good2023 2.8 applications per place 45.6 23%
Barclay Academy Good2023 2.7 applications per place 48.0 24%
The Adeyfield Academy Good2023 2.7 applications per place 38.7 34%
The Reach Free School Standards maintained2024 2.7 applications per place 44.7 21%
Monk's Walk School Remains Good2023 2.7 applications per place 47.9 20%
St Mary's Catholic School Faith Graded · no overall grade2024 2.7 applications per place 56.8 10%
The Marlborough Science Academy Good2023 2.6 applications per place 42.6 21%
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School Faith Remains Good · improving2024 2.6 applications per place 55.7 10%
John F Kennedy Catholic School Faith 2026 2.6 applications per place 51.9 17%
Presdales School Outstanding2024 2.5 applications per place 58.7 10%
Verulam School Remains Good2024 2.4 applications per place 54.4 15%
The Sele School Graded · no overall grade2025 2.2 applications per place 35.1 33%
Tring School Faith Remains Good2023 2.2 applications per place 51.4 14%
Haileybury Turnford 2026 2.1 applications per place 46.2 35%
Hitchin Girls' School Graded · no overall grade2024 2.1 applications per place 61.8 7%
Yavneh College Faith Good2023 2.1 applications per place 59.5 6%
Bushey Meads School Graded · no overall grade2025 2.0 applications per place 42.5 23%
The Knights Templar School Remains Good2023 2.0 applications per place 48.3 20%
Hitchin Boys' School 2025 2.0 applications per place 56.8 9%
Westfield Academy Graded · no overall grade2024 2.0 applications per place 45.5 27%
St Mary's Church of England High School (VA) Faith Good2023 1.8 applications per place 42.8 28%
The John Warner School Special measures Inadequate2022 1.8 applications per place 40.1 20%
Townsend Church of England School Faith Remains Good2024 1.7 applications per place 43.9 26%
Ridgeway Academy Graded · no overall grade2025 1.7 applications per place 37.4 34%
The Astley Cooper School 2026 1.6 applications per place 33.5 34%
The Grange Academy Graded · no overall grade2024 1.4 applications per place 48.2 26%
Laureate Academy Good2023 1.3 applications per place 42.7 39%
Barnwell School 2026 1.3 applications per place 38.7 31%
Onslow St Audrey's School Good2023 1.3 applications per place 36.1 32%
Future Academies Watford Graded · no overall grade2025 1.1 applications per place 42.6 35%
Gracewood Academy Requires improvement2022 1.0 applications per place – 29%
Hertswood Academy Graded · no overall grade2025 1.0 applications per place 35.4 33%
Edwinstree Church of England Middle School Faith Remains Good2024 no data – 18%
Elstree Screen Arts Academy Graded · no overall grade2025 no data 33.2 28%
Freman College Remains Good2024 no data 51.8 14%
Ralph Sadleir School Requires improvement2024 no data – 17%

Sources: DfE admissions (Sept 2026), KS4 results, Ofsted. FSM: free school meals.

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Primary schools in Hertfordshire

398 schools · Reception entry 2026

Sorted by applications per place for September 2026 entry, highest first.

The 25 with the most applications per place. Sources: DfE admissions (Sept 2026), KS2 results, Ofsted.
SchoolLatest OfstedApplications per placeSATs standardFSM
Mary Exton Primary School Good2022 8.3small intake applications per place 40% 17%
Anstey First School 2026 6.5small intake applications per place – 23%
Abel Smith School Outstanding2024 6.1 applications per place 55% 9%
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Faith Standards maintained2024 6.0small intake applications per place 68% 17%
Harvey Road Primary School Outstanding2023 5.9 applications per place 87% 4%
Bushey Heath Primary School Outstanding2024 5.8 applications per place 83% 8%
Boxmoor Primary School Good2024 5.5 applications per place 67% 4%
Maple Primary School 2026 5.4 applications per place 93% 7%
Goffs Oak Primary & Nursery School Good2022 5.2 applications per place 50% 7%
Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery School Good2023 5.0 applications per place – 4%
Essendon CofE (VC) Primary School Faith Remains Good2022 5.0small intake applications per place 17% 27%
Purwell Primary School Graded · no overall grade2024 5.0small intake applications per place 57% 28%
Dundale Primary School and Nursery Standards maintained2024 4.9 applications per place 52% 29%
Broxbourne CofE Primary School Faith Outstanding2023 4.8 applications per place 83% 4%
Aldbury Church of England Primary and Nursery School Faith Good2023 4.8small intake applications per place 75% 8%
Gade Valley Primary School Remains Good2022 4.8 applications per place 62% 14%
Hartsbourne Primary School Good2024 4.7 applications per place 73% 6%
Manland Primary School Remains Good · improving2024 4.7 applications per place 91% 3%
Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School Remains Good2023 4.6small intake applications per place 55% 30%
Camp Primary and Nursery School Remains Good2023 4.4 applications per place 71% 11%
Richard Whittington Primary School Remains Good2019 4.4 applications per place 80% 15%
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin Faith 2026 4.4 applications per place 68% 6%
Peartree Primary School Standards maintained2025 4.4small intake applications per place 75% 35%
Mill Mead Primary Academy Standards maintained2025 4.4 applications per place – 6%
Warren Dell Primary School Outstanding2024 4.3 applications per place 73% 23%

The 25 with the most applications per place. Sources: DfE admissions (Sept 2026), KS2 results, Ofsted. FSM: free school meals.

All 398 primary schools, by district:

Special schools and other provision

49 schools