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Schools in East Hertfordshire

  • 80State-funded schools
  • 61Primary
  • 15Secondary

Admissions are run by Hertfordshire for the whole county.

Applications per placeCircle size: applications
Applications per place · secondary
3.0
close to Hertfordshire median (3.0)
Median school in East Hertfordshire
New Ofsted report cards
9of 80 schools
Results by area
First choice · secondary · Hertfordshire-wide
77%
Hertfordshire admissions

What has Ofsted found here?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report cards 9 schools of 80 · since November 2025

  • Inclusion
  • Curriculum and teaching
  • Achievement
  • Attendance and behaviour
  • Personal development and wellbeing
  • Early years (8)
  • Leadership and governance

One dot per school.

Overall grade from Ofsted's previous framework 60 schools · graded 2013 to 2024

  • Outstanding12
  • Good47
  • Requires improvement1
  • Inadequate0

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

Graded 2024/25, no overall grade 11 schools

Key judgementOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of education452–
Behaviour and attitudes551–
Personal development47––
Leadership and management362–

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Secondary schools in East Hertfordshire

15 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%
Simon Balle All-Through School Remains Outstanding2024 5.4 applications per place 52.9 10%
Avanti Grange Secondary School Graded · no overall grade2025 4.6 applications per place – 10%
Birchwood High School Graded · no overall grade2025 3.5 applications per place 45.5 18%
The Bishop's Stortford High School Remains Outstanding2023 3.3 applications per place 58.8 7%
Richard Hale School Good2024 3.1 applications per place 54.0 10%
The Chauncy School Remains Outstanding2023 3.0 applications per place 49.4 17%
The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College Outstanding2023 2.9 applications per place 62.0 6%
Leventhorpe Good2024 2.8 applications per place 47.1 13%
St Mary's Catholic School Faith Graded · no overall grade2024 2.7 applications per place 56.8 10%
Presdales School Outstanding2024 2.5 applications per place 58.7 10%
The Sele School Graded · no overall grade2025 2.2 applications per place 35.1 33%
Edwinstree Church of England Middle School Faith Remains Good2024 no data – 18%
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 East Hertfordshire

61 schools · Reception entry 2026

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

Sources: DfE admissions (Sept 2026), KS2 results, Ofsted.
SchoolLatest OfstedApplications per placeSATs standardFSM
Anstey First School 2026 6.5small intake applications per place – 23%
Abel Smith School Outstanding2024 6.1 applications per place 55% 9%
Richard Whittington Primary School Remains Good2019 4.4 applications per place 80% 15%
Mill Mead Primary Academy Standards maintained2025 4.4 applications per place – 6%
Windhill21 Standards maintained2025 4.3 applications per place 70% 12%
Thorley Hill Primary School Remains Good2024 4.1 applications per place 87% 10%
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Datchworth Faith Good2024 4.1 applications per place 67% 11%
Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Faith Good2022 4.0small intake applications per place – 41%
Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School Faith Graded · no overall grade2025 4.0 applications per place 75% 6%
Layston Church of England First School Faith 2026 4.0small intake applications per place – 22%
Avanti Brook Primary School 2026 3.8 applications per place – 12%
High Wych Church of England Primary School Faith Remains Good2023 3.4 applications per place 63% 14%
Widford School Standards maintained2025 3.3small intake applications per place 63% 3%
Spellbrook CofE Primary School Faith 2026 3.3small intake applications per place 53% 17%
All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery, Bishop's Stortford Faith Remains Good2023 3.2 applications per place 61% 14%
Stapleford Primary School Faith Good2024 3.1small intake applications per place – 9%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Faith Graded · no overall grade2024 3.1 applications per place 68% 8%
Christ Church CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery Faith Remains Good2023 3.0 applications per place 54% 16%
Hillmead Primary School Remains Good2024 2.9 applications per place 77% 20%
Northgate Primary School Good2023 2.9 applications per place 82% 5%
Thundridge Church of England Primary School Faith Good2023 2.8 applications per place – 14%
Thorn Grove Primary School Standards maintained2024 2.8 applications per place 60% 21%
Puller Memorial, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School Faith 2026 2.7small intake applications per place 56% 18%
St Michael's Church of England Primary School Faith Standards maintained2025 2.7 applications per place 68% 16%
Little Hadham Primary School Graded · no overall grade2025 2.7 applications per place 82% 10%
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Faith Good2023 2.6small intake applications per place 56% 12%
Hertingfordbury Cowper Primary School Faith Standards maintained2024 2.6 applications per place 76% 3%
Hunsdon Junior Mixed and Infant School Standards maintained2025 2.6 applications per place 73% 14%
Priors Wood Primary School 2026 2.6 applications per place 48% 17%
Avanti Meadows Primary School Good2024 2.6 applications per place 47% 18%
Walkern Primary School Standards maintained2025 2.6 applications per place 79% 20%
Bayford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Faith Standards maintained2025 2.5 applications per place 23% 12%
Manor Fields Primary School 2026 2.5 applications per place 80% 7%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford) Faith Standards maintained2024 2.5 applications per place 46% 8%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S Faith Good2022 2.4 applications per place 66% 11%
St Catherine's Church of England Primary School Faith Remains Good2024 2.4 applications per place 56% 12%
Morgans Primary School & Nursery Good2023 2.3 applications per place 58% 15%
Jenyns First School and Nursery Graded · no overall grade2024 2.3 applications per place – 3%
Bengeo Primary School Outstanding2023 2.3 applications per place 61% 10%
St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School Faith Graded · no overall grade2024 2.3 applications per place 61% 21%
Hertford Heath Primary and Nursery School Remains Good2022 2.2 applications per place 36% 15%
Mandeville Primary School Good2023 2.2 applications per place 77% 14%
Kingshill Infant School Good2023 2.2 applications per place – 4%
Benington Church of England Primary School Faith Remains Good2024 2.2small intake applications per place 82% 5%
Millfield First and Nursery School Good2023 2.1 applications per place – 9%
Tewin Cowper Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Faith Graded · no overall grade2024 2.1small intake applications per place 35% 11%
Summercroft Primary School Remains Good2022 2.1 applications per place 73% 8%
Fawbert and Barnard Infants' School Outstanding2024 2.1 applications per place – 7%
Hollybush Primary School Graded · no overall grade2025 2.0 applications per place 32% 37%
Furneux Pelham Church of England School Faith Standards maintained2025 1.9small intake applications per place 42% 17%
Buntingford First School 2026 1.9 applications per place – 18%
Wheatcroft Primary School Good2023 1.8 applications per place 51% 15%
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Faith Remains Good2023 1.8 applications per place 57% 14%
St Andrew's CE Primary School and Nursery Faith Remains Good2023 1.6 applications per place 70% 7%
Watton-at-Stone Primary and Nursery School Remains Good2023 1.5 applications per place 73% 13%
Roger De Clare First CofE School Faith Good2024 1.5 applications per place – 13%
Hertford St Andrew CofE Primary School Faith Some aspects not as strong2024 1.5 applications per place – 47%
Hormead Church of England (VA) First School Faith Good2024 1.4 applications per place – 12%
Little Munden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Faith Remains Good2023 1.1small intake applications per place 56% 17%
Reedings Junior School Remains Good · improving2024 no data 77% 7%
St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Junior School Faith Good2023 no data 65% 13%

Sources: DfE admissions (Sept 2026), KS2 results, Ofsted. FSM: free school meals.

Special schools and other provision

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