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How far away the last child offered a place lived, for 313 Hertfordshire schools, from the council's own figures. Tightest first.

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313schools with a published figure
1.6 mithe middle school's distance
108filled within a mile

Primary and secondary schools.

Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close on 31 October 2026, with offers on 1 March 2027; primary applications close on 15 January 2027, with offers on 16 April 2027.

The tightest is Ashfield Junior School at 0.07 miles in varies; the most far-reaching, Barnwell School, admitted from 354.83 miles.

Primary schools

School Ofsted Admitted from Round How full
Ashfield Junior School Bushey Good 0.07 mi varies 91%
Two Waters Primary School Hemel Hempstead No current grade 0.18 mi varies 98%
Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy Hitchin Ungraded inspection, January 2025: standards maintained 0.19 mi varies 102%
Warren Dell Primary School Watford Outstanding 0.2 mi varies 100%
Panshanger Primary School Welwyn Garden City Good 0.21 mi varies 100%
Wheatfields Junior Mixed School St Albans Good 0.22 mi varies 99%
Woolenwick Junior School Stevenage Good 0.22 mi varies 97%
Brookland Junior School Waltham Cross Report card 0.25 mi varies 100%
George Street Primary School Hemel Hempstead Report card 0.29 mi varies 107%
Longlands Primary School and Nursery Broxbourne Ungraded inspection, December 2024: standards maintained 0.29 mi varies 90%
Brockswood Primary School Hemel Hempstead No current grade 0.31 mi varies 99%
Reedings Junior School Sawbridgeworth Good 0.31 mi varies 101%
Gade Valley Primary School Hemel Hempstead Good 0.32 mi varies 112%
Greenway Primary and Nursery School Berkhamsted Good 0.32 mi varies 95%
Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery Watford Good 0.34 mi varies 98%
Goldfield Infants' and Nursery School Tring No current grade 0.34 mi varies 92%
Northfields Infants and Nursery School Letchworth Garden City Requires improvement 0.34 mi varies 77%
Birchwood Avenue Primary School Hatfield Good 0.35 mi varies 96%
Field Junior School Watford Ungraded inspection, November 2024: standards maintained 0.35 mi varies 102%
Manland Primary School Harpenden Good 0.35 mi varies 97%
Mill Mead Primary Academy Hertford Ungraded inspection, July 2025: standards maintained 0.36 mi varies 90%
Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School Welwyn Garden City Good 0.37 mi varies 75%
Crabtree Infants' School Harpenden Outstanding 0.38 mi varies 99%
Chater Infant School Watford Good 0.39 mi varies 105%
Woodlands Primary School Borehamwood Report card 0.39 mi varies 91%
Lanchester Primary School Watford Ungraded inspection, January 2025: standards maintained 0.4 mi varies 95%
Holtsmere End Junior School Hemel Hempstead Good 0.41 mi varies 99%
Kingsway Junior School Watford Good 0.43 mi varies 98%
Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery School Watford Good 0.44 mi varies 112%
Westfield Primary School Berkhamsted Requires improvement 0.45 mi varies 67%
Richard Whittington Primary School Bishop's Stortford Good 0.46 mi varies 83%
Stonehill School Letchworth Garden City Good 0.46 mi varies 92%
Burleigh Primary School Waltham Cross Good 0.48 mi varies 98%
Four Swannes Primary School Waltham Cross No current grade 0.48 mi varies 91%
Meryfield Primary School Borehamwood Good 0.48 mi varies 94%
Waterside Academy Welwyn Garden City Report card 0.48 mi varies 79%
Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery) Watford Report card 0.48 mi varies 96%
Bushey Heath Primary School Bushey Outstanding 0.49 mi varies 90%
Skyswood Primary & Nursery School St Albans No current grade 0.5 mi varies 110%
Round Diamond Primary School Stevenage Ungraded inspection, April 2025: standards maintained 0.51 mi varies 104%
Belswains Primary School Hemel Hempstead Good 0.52 mi varies 97%
Flamstead End School Waltham Cross No current grade 0.52 mi varies 110%
Ponsbourne St Mary's Church of England Primary School Hertford Good 0.52 mi varies 96%
Boxmoor Primary School Hemel Hempstead Good 0.54 mi varies 98%
Laurance Haines School Watford Ungraded inspection, April 2025: standards maintained 0.54 mi varies 110%
Hobletts Manor Infants' School Hemel Hempstead Good 0.55 mi varies 119%
Knutsford Primary Academy Watford Good 0.57 mi varies 104%
Brookland Infant and Nursery School Waltham Cross Good 0.58 mi varies 100%
South Hill Primary School Hemel Hempstead Good 0.58 mi varies 99%
Woolenwick Infant and Nursery School Stevenage Outstanding 0.58 mi varies 115%
Lodge Farm Primary School Stevenage No current grade 0.6 mi varies 89%
Cunningham Hill Infant School St Albans Outstanding 0.61 mi varies 100%
Longmeadow Primary School Stevenage No current grade 0.63 mi varies 100%
The Russell School Rickmansworth No current grade 0.63 mi varies 99%
William Ransom Primary School Hitchin No current grade 0.63 mi varies 100%
Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City Good 0.65 mi varies 101%
Parkgate Junior School Watford Outstanding 0.65 mi varies 98%
Bridgewater Primary School Berkhamsted Good 0.66 mi varies 109%
Cassiobury Junior School Watford Good 0.66 mi varies 100%
The Cranbourne Primary School Hoddesdon Good 0.67 mi varies 91%
Monksmead School Borehamwood Good 0.68 mi varies 99%
Central Primary School Watford Report card 0.69 mi varies 89%
Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School Potters Bar Good 0.7 mi varies 108%
Avanti Brook Primary School Bishops Stortford No current grade 0.71 mi varies 21%
Abel Smith School Hertford Outstanding 0.73 mi varies 94%
Lordship Farm Primary School Letchworth Garden City Report card 0.73 mi varies 99%
Fleetville Infant and Nursery School St Albans Outstanding 0.74 mi varies 113%
Strathmore Infant and Nursery School Hitchin Good 0.74 mi varies 96%
Summerswood Primary School Borehamwood Requires improvement 0.75 mi varies 71%
Templewood Primary School Welwyn Garden City Good 0.75 mi varies 95%
Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery Waltham Cross Good 0.76 mi varies 89%
Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School Rickmansworth Good 0.76 mi varies 69%
Rickmansworth Park Junior Mixed and Infant School Rickmansworth No current grade 0.78 mi varies 96%
Roselands Primary School Hoddesdon Ungraded inspection, January 2025: standards maintained 0.78 mi varies 95%
High Beeches Primary School Harpenden Outstanding 0.79 mi varies 100%
Sandridge School St Albans Ungraded inspection, May 2025: standards maintained 0.79 mi varies 55%
Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School Stevenage Good 0.8 mi varies 98%
Shephalbury Park Primary School Stevenage Good 0.81 mi varies 109%
Harvey Road Primary School Rickmansworth Outstanding 0.82 mi varies 114%
Oakleaf Primary Hemel Hempstead No current grade 0.82 mi varies 48%
Pixies Hill Primary School Hemel Hempstead Good 0.82 mi varies 100%
Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant School Hitchin Outstanding 0.82 mi varies 99%
Goffs Oak Primary & Nursery School Waltham Cross Good 0.83 mi varies 112%
Cherry Tree Primary School Watford Good 0.84 mi varies 106%
Coates Way JMI and Nursery School Watford No current grade 0.85 mi varies 94%
Oak View Primary and Nursery School Hatfield Good 0.85 mi varies 89%
Pixmore Junior School Letchworth No current grade 0.85 mi varies 96%
Chater Junior School Watford No current grade 0.86 mi varies 99%
Willow Tree Primary School Watford Requires improvement 0.86 mi varies 68%
Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery Stevenage Good 0.87 mi varies 94%
Greenfields Primary School Watford Report card 0.88 mi varies 88%
Peartree Spring Primary School Stevenage Good 0.88 mi varies 99%
Hunsdon Junior Mixed and Infant School Ware Ungraded inspection, March 2025: standards maintained 0.89 mi varies 89%
Icknield Walk First School Royston No current grade 0.89 mi varies 93%
Parkside Community Primary School Borehamwood Good 0.89 mi varies 71%
Larkspur Academy Ware Good 0.9 mi varies 36%
Kingshill Infant School Ware Good 0.91 mi varies 114%
Little Heath Primary School Potters Bar Good 0.91 mi varies 95%
Hillshott Infant School and Nursery Letchworth No current grade 0.92 mi varies 112%
Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School Rickmansworth No current grade 0.93 mi varies 89%
St Meryl School Watford Report card 0.94 mi varies 91%
Northgate Primary School Bishop's Stortford Good 0.95 mi varies 95%
Leverstock Green Church of England Primary School Hemel Hempstead Good 0.97 mi varies 95%
Little Munden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ware Good 1.03 mi varies 74%
Millbrook School Waltham Cross Requires improvement 1.03 mi varies 76%
Oakmere Primary School Potters Bar No current grade 1.03 mi varies 94%
Studlands Rise First School Royston No current grade 1.05 mi varies 94%
Cranborne Primary School Potters Bar Good 1.08 mi varies 107%
The Reddings Primary School Hemel Hempstead Ungraded inspection, December 2024: standards maintained 1.1 mi varies 87%
Lime Walk Primary School Hemel Hempstead Good 1.13 mi varies 88%
Windhill21 Bishop's Stortford Ungraded inspection, May 2025: standards maintained 1.13 mi varies 107%
Cassiobury Infant and Nursery School Watford Good 1.17 mi varies 100%
Windermere Primary School St. Albans No current grade 1.21 mi varies 64%
Chambersbury Primary School Hemel Hempstead Good 1.23 mi varies 88%
Bengeo Primary School Hertford Outstanding 1.24 mi varies 94%
Anstey First School Buntingford Report card 1.25 mi varies 56%
Bromet Primary School Watford Report card 1.27 mi varies 96%
Yewtree Primary School Hemel Hempstead Good 1.27 mi varies 76%
Arnett Hills Junior Mixed and Infant School Rickmansworth Ungraded inspection, May 2025: standards maintained 1.29 mi varies 94%
Eastbury Farm Primary School Northwood Good 1.29 mi varies 100%
Hertford Heath Primary and Nursery School Hertford Good 1.29 mi varies 88%
Garden City Academy Letchworth Garden City Good 1.34 mi varies 102%
Jupiter Primary School Hemel Hempstead Good 1.34 mi varies 95%
Oakwood Primary School St Albans Good 1.35 mi varies 101%
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ware Good 1.35 mi varies 92%
Watford St John's Church of England Primary School Watford No current grade 1.36 mi varies 95%
Bushey and Oxhey Infant School Bushey Good 1.37 mi varies 98%
Chorleywood Primary School Rickmansworth Ungraded inspection, May 2025: standards maintained 1.38 mi varies 98%
Creswick Academy Welwyn Garden City Requires improvement 1.38 mi varies 71%
Oxhey Wood Primary School Watford Good 1.39 mi varies 81%
Woodside Primary School Waltham Cross Ungraded inspection, March 2025: standards maintained 1.39 mi varies 109%
Yorke Mead Primary School Rickmansworth No current grade 1.39 mi varies 105%
The Ryde School Hatfield Good 1.41 mi varies 91%
Fairfields Primary School and Nursery Waltham Cross Good 1.43 mi varies 97%
Ashtree Primary Academy Stevenage Requires improvement 1.44 mi varies 44%
Bowmansgreen Primary School St Albans Ungraded inspection, April 2025: standards maintained 1.44 mi varies 75%
Thorn Grove Primary School Bishop's Stortford Ungraded inspection, November 2024: standards maintained 1.44 mi varies 93%
Giles Junior School Stevenage Good 1.47 mi varies 96%
Green Lanes Primary School Hatfield Good 1.48 mi varies 98%
Grove Road Primary School Tring Good 1.48 mi varies 105%
Shepherd Primary Rickmansworth Good 1.51 mi varies 60%
Holwell Primary School Welwyn Garden City Good 1.54 mi varies 95%
Sheredes Primary School Hoddesdon Outstanding 1.54 mi varies 95%
Tanners Wood Junior Mixed and Infant School Abbots Langley Good 1.59 mi varies 93%
Priors Wood Primary School Ware Report card 1.6 mi varies 100%
The Leys Primary and Nursery School Stevenage Good 1.6 mi varies 85%
Camps Hill Primary School Stevenage Good 1.61 mi varies 84%
Homerswood Primary and Nursery School Welwyn Garden City No current grade 1.61 mi varies 92%
Micklem Primary School Hemel Hempstead Good 1.61 mi varies 93%
Crabtree Junior School Harpenden Outstanding 1.68 mi varies 100%
Wood End School Harpenden Outstanding 1.71 mi varies 102%
High Leigh Primary School Hoddesdon No current grade 1.72 mi varies 79%
Icknield Infant and Nursery School Letchworth Garden City No current grade 1.72 mi varies 60%
Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant School Baldock Ungraded inspection, March 2025: standards maintained 1.76 mi varies 97%
De Havilland Primary School Hatfield Good 1.79 mi varies 94%
Markyate Village School and Nursery St Albans No current grade 1.79 mi varies 89%
Summercroft Primary School Bishop's Stortford Good 1.8 mi varies 97%
Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School Stevenage Outstanding 1.81 mi varies 86%
Hobbs Hill Wood Primary School Hemel Hempstead Good 1.82 mi varies 93%
Aycliffe Drive Primary School Hemel Hempstead Ungraded inspection, November 2024: some aspects not as strong 1.87 mi varies 104%
Ascot Road Primary School Watford Good 1.88 mi varies 93%
Walkern Primary School Stevenage Good 1.91 mi varies 105%
Kings Langley Primary School Kings Langley Good 1.93 mi varies 97%
Purwell Primary School Hitchin No current grade 1.95 mi varies 53%
Downfield Primary School Waltham Cross No current grade 1.97 mi varies 111%
Morgans Primary School & Nursery Hertford Good 1.97 mi varies 69%
The Orchard Primary School Watford Good 1.97 mi varies 96%
Highover Junior Mixed and Infant School Hitchin No current grade 2.07 mi varies 96%
Wymondley Junior Mixed and Infant School Hitchin Good 2.07 mi varies 90%
Broom Barns Primary School Stevenage Good 2.09 mi varies 92%
Kenilworth Primary School Borehamwood Good 2.11 mi varies 93%
Wheatcroft Primary School Hertford Good 2.12 mi varies 101%
St John's Church of England Infant and Nursery School Radlett Good 2.14 mi varies 91%
Shenley Primary School Radlett Good 2.15 mi varies 45%
Weston Primary & Nursery School Hitchin Good 2.15 mi varies 70%
Leavesden JMI School Watford Good 2.17 mi varies 86%
Almond Hill Junior School Stevenage Report card 2.18 mi varies 96%
Ashwell Primary School Baldock Report card 2.21 mi varies 97%
Saffron Green Primary School Borehamwood No current grade 2.23 mi varies 84%
Benington Church of England Primary School Stevenage Good 2.24 mi varies 84%
Newberries Primary School Radlett Good 2.27 mi varies 90%
Parkgate Infants' and Nursery School Watford Good 2.28 mi varies 96%
Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School Welwyn Garden City No current grade 2.28 mi varies 93%
The Wroxham School Potters Bar Good 2.29 mi varies 90%
Bournehall Primary School Bushey No current grade 2.3 mi varies 98%
Fairlands Primary School Stevenage Report card 2.31 mi varies 91%
Oakview Primary School Waltham Cross Requires improvement 2.4 mi varies 78%
Pirton School Hitchin Report card 2.54 mi varies 78%
Highwood Primary School Bushey Good 2.57 mi varies 106%
Maple Grove Primary School Hemel Hempstead Report card 2.59 mi varies 98%
Codicote Church of England Primary School Hitchin No current grade 2.66 mi varies 102%
High Wych Church of England Primary School Sawbridgeworth Good 2.7 mi varies 107%
St Paul's Walden Primary School Hitchin Good 2.72 mi varies 70%
Millfield First and Nursery School Buntingford Good 2.73 mi varies 88%
Mary Exton Primary School Hitchin Good 2.78 mi varies 70%
Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School Hitchin Report card 2.82 mi varies 80%
Hartsbourne Primary School Bushey Good 2.83 mi varies 83%
Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery St. Albans Good 2.9 mi varies 71%
Killigrew Primary and Nursery School St Albans Good 2.9 mi varies 98%
Therfield First School Royston Good 2.9 mi varies 92%
Abbots Langley School Abbots Langley Good 2.96 mi varies 85%
Bayford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Hertford Ungraded inspection, March 2025: standards maintained 3.0 mi varies 83%
Little Hadham Primary School Ware No current grade 3.02 mi varies 108%
Martins Wood Primary School Stevenage Report card 3.06 mi varies 68%
Hollybush Primary School Hertford No current grade 3.15 mi varies 79%
Commonswood Primary & Nursery School WELWYN GARDEN CITY Good 3.26 mi varies 80%
Reed First School Royston Good 3.39 mi varies 107%
Furneux Pelham Church of England School Furneux Pelham Good 3.42 mi varies 76%
Hurst Drive Primary School Waltham Cross Good 3.43 mi varies 95%
Gaddesden Row JMI School Hemel Hempstead Good 3.46 mi varies 88%
Fleetville Junior School St Albans Good 3.5 mi varies 99%
Roman Way Academy Royston Good 3.54 mi varies 79%
London Colney Primary & Nursery School St Albans Good 3.56 mi varies 76%
Howe Dell Primary School Hatfield No current grade 3.66 mi varies 93%
Fawbert and Barnard Infants' School Sawbridgeworth Outstanding 3.67 mi varies 117%
The Grove Academy Watford No current grade 3.73 mi varies 67%
Graveley Primary School Hitchin Good 3.75 mi varies 75%
Hatfield Community Free School Hatfield No current grade 3.8 mi varies 97%
Ickleford Primary School Hitchin Good 3.89 mi varies 101%
Bovingdon Primary Academy Hemel Hempstead Good 3.92 mi varies 90%
Bonneygrove Primary School Waltham Cross Good 4.01 mi varies 96%
Oaklands Primary School Welwyn Good 4.05 mi varies 93%
Roundwood Primary School Harpenden Report card 4.09 mi varies 100%
Springmead Primary School Welwyn Garden City Good 4.11 mi varies 59%
Merry Hill Infant School and Nursery Bushey Good 4.14 mi varies 92%
Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery School Hemel Hempstead Report card 4.17 mi varies 112%
Tudor Primary School Hemel Hempstead Good 4.26 mi varies 99%
Bedmond Academy Abbots Langley Report card 4.52 mi varies 42%
Forres Primary Academy Hoddesdon Requires improvement 4.56 mi varies 47%
Hillmead Primary School Bishop's Stortford Good 4.67 mi varies 93%
Mandeville Primary School St Albans Report card 4.73 mi varies 76%
Little Green Junior School Rickmansworth Good 5.02 mi varies 96%
Kingsway Infants' School Watford Good 5.04 mi varies 95%
Spellbrook CofE Primary School Bishop's Stortford Report card 5.05 mi varies 88%
Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School St. Albans No current grade 5.31 mi varies 101%
Camp Primary and Nursery School St Albans Good 5.38 mi varies 109%
Aldbury Church of England Primary and Nursery School Tring Good 5.5 mi varies 87%
Broadfield Academy Hemel Hempstead Good 5.5 mi varies 102%
Harpenden Academy Harpenden Ungraded inspection, March 2025: improved significantly 5.57 mi varies not published
Hammond Academy Hemel Hempstead Good 5.61 mi varies 57%
Sarratt Church of England Primary School Rickmansworth Good 5.7 mi varies 90%
Little Reddings Primary School Bushey Good 5.73 mi varies 65%
Sandon Junior Mixed and Infant School Nr Buntingford Report card 5.86 mi varies 22%
Kimpton Primary School Hitchin Report card 6.29 mi varies 63%
Swing Gate Infant School and Nursery Berkhamsted Good 6.36 mi varies 80%
Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School St Albans Good 6.47 mi varies 63%
Flamstead Village School St. Albans Good 7.1 mi varies 82%
Tannery Drift School Royston No current grade 7.2 mi varies 93%
Sauncey Wood Primary School Harpenden No current grade 7.22 mi varies 70%
Margaret Wix Primary School St Albans Ungraded inspection, January 2025: improved significantly 7.4 mi varies 67%
Thorley Hill Primary School Bishop's Stortford Good 7.45 mi varies 95%
Alban City School St Albans Good 7.68 mi varies 91%
The Grove Infant and Nursery School Harpenden Outstanding 8.52 mi varies 90%
Buntingford First School Buntingford Report card 8.61 mi varies 50%
Dundale Primary School and Nursery Tring Ungraded inspection, January 2025: standards maintained 9.04 mi varies 76%
Beechfield School Watford Good 9.22 mi varies 106%
St Andrew's CE Primary School and Nursery Much Hadham Good 10.69 mi varies 90%
Oughton Primary and Nursery School Hitchin Good 11.25 mi varies 65%
St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Junior School Ware Good 12.25 mi varies 96%
St Catherine's Church of England Primary School Ware Good 12.55 mi varies 92%
Watton-at-Stone Primary and Nursery School Hertford Good 12.93 mi varies 80%
Highbury Infant School and Nursery Hitchin Good 13.36 mi varies 81%
Redbourn Primary School St Albans No current grade 14.1 mi varies 78%
Maple Primary School St Albans Report card 15.65 mi varies 102%
Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School St Albans Ungraded inspection, January 2025: standards maintained 16.09 mi varies 75%
Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School St Albans Report card 18.95 mi varies 87%
Layston Church of England First School Buntingford Requires improvement 20.08 mi varies 83%
Whitehill Junior School Hitchin Good 147.23 mi varies 100%
Avanti Meadows Primary School Bishop's Stortford Good 153.37 mi varies 48%
Bernards Heath Junior School St Albans Good 345.54 mi varies 98%

Secondary schools

School Ofsted Admitted from Round How full
Sandringham School St Albans Outstanding 0.63 mi varies 139%
Sir John Lawes School Harpenden Outstanding 0.64 mi varies 114%
Beaumont School St Albans No current grade 0.84 mi varies 108%
Longdean School Hemel Hempstead Ungraded inspection, April 2025: standards maintained 0.95 mi varies 96%
The Adeyfield Academy Hemel Hempstead Good 0.95 mi varies 101%
Marriotts School Stevenage Report card 1.07 mi varies 94%
The Hemel Hempstead School Hemel Hempstead Report card 1.21 mi varies 89%
The Broxbourne School Broxbourne Outstanding 1.24 mi varies 114%
Stanborough School Welwyn Garden City Good 1.32 mi varies 91%
The Thomas Alleyne Academy Stevenage Ungraded inspection, November 2024: standards maintained 1.44 mi varies 88%
Edwinstree Church of England Middle School Buntingford Good 1.6 mi varies 101%
Avanti Grange Secondary School Bishops Stortford No current grade 1.77 mi varies 55%
Haileybury Turnford Waltham Cross Report card 1.81 mi varies 88%
The Astley Cooper School Hemel Hempstead Report card 1.96 mi varies 87%
Roundwood Park School Harpenden Outstanding 2.11 mi varies 121%
Robert Barclay Academy Hoddesdon Good 2.44 mi varies 87%
Monk's Walk School Welwyn Garden City Good 2.59 mi varies 101%
The Nobel School Stevenage Good 2.8 mi varies 97%
Samuel Ryder Academy St Albans Report card 2.89 mi varies 104%
The Chauncy School Ware Outstanding 2.99 mi varies 149%
Fearnhill School Letchworth Report card 3.17 mi varies 57%
Kings Langley School Kings Langley Good 3.33 mi varies 98%
Barclay Academy Stevenage Good 3.59 mi varies 88%
Ashlyns School Berkhamsted Good 3.82 mi varies 100%
Bushey Meads School Bushey No current grade 3.95 mi varies 92%
Hitchin Girls' School Hitchin No current grade 3.98 mi varies 97%
Hertswood Academy Borehamwood No current grade 4.15 mi varies 61%
Katherine Warington School Harpenden Good 4.47 mi varies not published
Westfield Academy Watford No current grade 4.52 mi varies 83%
Hitchin Boys' School Hitchin Report card 4.64 mi varies 97%
The Knights Templar School Baldock Good 4.69 mi varies 103%
Tring School Tring Good 4.85 mi varies 106%
The John Warner School Hoddesdon Inadequate 4.92 mi varies 61%
Onslow St Audrey's School Hatfield Good 5.35 mi varies 105%
Ridgeway Academy Welwyn Garden City No current grade 7.11 mi varies 72%
The Highfield School Letchworth Garden City Good 10.7 mi varies 88%
Ralph Sadleir School Ware Requires improvement 11.46 mi varies 79%
Future Academies Watford No current grade 12.49 mi varies 79%
King James Academy Royston Good 12.86 mi varies 72%
The Sele School Hertford No current grade 14.89 mi varies 55%
Laureate Academy Hemel Hempstead Good 20.77 mi varies 57%
The Priory School Hitchin Good 352.41 mi varies 94%
Barnwell School Stevenage Report card 354.83 mi varies 80%

If a place is refused

You can appeal. In 2025, 109 of 519 secondary appeals heard here were allowed (21.0%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together.

How to read this

Every refusal carries a right of appeal to an independent panel. In Hertfordshire, panels heard 519 appeals for secondary places in the 2025 round and allowed 109 of them, 21.0%, against 19.9% across England. These are the council's figures for all its schools together: appeals are not published school by school, so no one can tell you the rate for one named school, and this page will not pretend to.

An infant class appeal, for reception to year 2, can only be allowed on narrow legal grounds, which is why its share is a fraction of the others.

Appeals in 2025LodgedHeardAllowedShare allowed
Secondary 814 519 109 21.0%
Primary 378 177 18 10.2%
Primary (infant classes) 194 86 2 2.3%

How every council compares, and what the figures are and are not.

How often children here are out of school

Primary schools here missed 5.0% of sessions in 2024/25 (England 5.2%), and 11.6% of pupils were persistently absent (England 13.0%).

How to read this

In Hertfordshire, 5.0% of primary school sessions were missed in 2024/25, about the same as the 5.2% across England. That is days missed. The second figure is children: 11.6% of primary pupils here were persistently absent, meaning they missed a tenth or more of their sessions, lower than England's 13.0%.

2024/25 Sessions missed England Persistently absent England
Primary 5.0% 5.2% 11.6% 13.0%
Secondary 7.9% 8.4% 21.6% 23.4%
What the figures mean

Persistently absent means missing a tenth or more of their sessions, for any reason, authorised or not. A council's rate is moved by things no school controls, term-time holidays and a bad winter among them, so read it as the weather around the schools rather than a mark against them. Higher or lower is said only where the two rates differ by at least 1 percentage point.

These are Hertfordshire's figures for all its schools together. The Department for Education publishes absence by council, not school by school, so no one can give you the rate for one named school from this release. Source: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk. Read on 1 October 2026.

Source: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, by council, not school by school

Reading the numbers

These are distances, not catchment areas, and they move every year.

How to read this

For every oversubscribed school, Hertfordshire publishes how far away the last child offered a place lived. A short distance means a school that fills up close to its gates; a long one means places went further afield. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses.

These are not catchment areas: most English schools have none. Each figure is the distance from the school to the home of the furthest child who was offered a place under the distance criterion in that round, as Hertfordshire measures it, which is usually a straight line from a fixed point at the home to one at the school. Looked-after children, siblings and, at faith schools, faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance is reached at all. The figure moves every year with the number of applications. How the whole process works →

Checking an address against these

Each school's page has a checker that measures a postcode against that school's distance. The full property report measures every nearby school at once, alongside sold prices, flood risk and the rest of the house.

Admission distances published by Hertfordshire. School details and grades from the Department for Education's register and Ofsted. If a figure looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.