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Warren Dell Primary School

Academy converter in Watford, WD19 7UZ, taking ages 2 to 11, 264 on roll.

Outstanding Ofsted, Mar 2024
0.2 mi Admitted from, latest published year, about 320 metres
100% Full
73.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In the latest published round, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.2 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 0.2 miles, the distance the school admitted from in the latest published year.

Warren Dell Primary School: 0.2 miles Oxhey Wood Primary School: 1.39 miles, published by Hertfordshire

This is not a catchment area. 0.2 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Warren Dell Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

Source: Hertfordshire, published admission distances

Where Warren Dell Primary School and Oxhey Wood Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Oxhey Wood Primary School admitted from 1.39 miles in the latest published year, published by Hertfordshire. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is WD19 at £390,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom Warren Dell Primary SchoolFrom Oxhey Wood Primary SchoolMedian sold price
WD19 Three Rivers 0.2 mi 0.4 mi £390,000 89 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Hertfordshire, 109 of 519 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (21.0%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Warren Dell Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Oxhey Wood Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.39 mi 0.3 mi
St Meryl School Both in reach Primary 0.94 mi 0.6 mi
Greenfields Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.88 mi 0.7 mi
Bromet Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.27 mi 0.9 mi
Eastbury Farm Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.29 mi 1.2 mi
Grimsdyke School Both in reach Primary 1.31 mi 2024/25 1.3 mi

The distance as a picture

Warren Dell Primary School catchment area map: the 0.2 mile admission distance and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 264 pupils in 264 places (100% full)
TrustAGORA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
Local authorityHertfordshire

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Outstanding, inspected 06 March 2024
Meeting the expected standard 73.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 73.0%
2023/24 77.0%
2022/23 83.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Warren Dell Primary School

Girls and boys50.0% girls, 50.0% boys
English as an additional language46.2% of pupils
Free school meals20.1% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Warren Dell Primary School

Cheapest district inside the 0.2 miles: WD19, median £390,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
WD19 Three Rivers 0.2 mi £390,000 89 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 0.2 miles the school admitted from in the latest published year, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Warren Dell Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Fairfield Avenue, 141 yd away, with 1.2 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:16, last 20:26.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Fairfield Avenue106 yd1.10.50.9328, W21
Fairfield Avenue141 yd1.20.50.9328, W21
Colnbrook School0.1 mi1.10.80.9328, W21

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Warren Dell Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around WD19: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at WD19 7UZ, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Warren Dell Primary School?

Warren Dell Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in the latest published year lived 0.2 miles away, per Hertfordshire.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Warren Dell Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.2 miles was enough in the latest published year, and at 100% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Warren Dell Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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