Best primary schools in Hertfordshire (2026)

Hertfordshire has 323 ranked primary schools with published results. The top-ranked is The Russell School, in the top 1% in England. The average reading, writing & maths here in 2025 was 64%, against 62% for England. 44 are in England's top 10%, and 16 are rated Outstanding by Ofsted.

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Rank	School	Reading, writing & maths (2023–2025 average)	Reading, writing & maths 2025	Higher standard	Ofsted
1 Top 1% in England	The Russell School Chorleywood	93%	86%	34%	Not judged
2 Top 1% in England	Harvey Road Primary School Rickmansworth	95%	87%	29%	Outstanding
3 Top 1% in England	Skyswood Primary & Nursery School St Albans	87%	87%	37%	Not judged
4 Top 1% in England	Manland Primary School Harpenden	88%	91%	28%	No rating
5 Top 1% in England	St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Hoddesdon · Roman Catholic	89%	87%	27%	No rating
6 Top 2% in England	Cranborne Primary School Potters Bar	90%	87%	12%	No rating
7 Top 2% in England	Wood End School Harpenden	85%	80%	33%	Outstanding
8 Top 2% in England	Nascot Wood Junior School Watford	86%	88%	23%	Outstanding
9 Top 2% in England	Thorley Hill Primary School Bishop's Stortford	87%	87%	23%	No rating
10 Top 2% in England	Cunningham Hill Junior School St Albans	84%	87%	32%	Outstanding
11 Top 2% in England	The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans St Albans · Church of England	88%	87%	20%	Good
12 Top 2% in England	Sheredes Primary School Hoddesdon	87%	78%	20%	Outstanding
13 Top 3% in England	Little Gaddesden Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Little Gaddesden · Church of England	89%	79%	7%	Not judged
14 Top 3% in England	Maple Primary School St Albans	87%	93%	18%	Report card
15 Top 3% in England	Bovingdon Primary Academy Bovingdon	90%	92%	14%	Good
16 Top 4% in England	Brockswood Primary School Hemel Hempstead	85%	87%	20%	Not judged
17 Top 4% in England	Rickmansworth Park Junior Mixed and Infant School Rickmansworth	85%	93%	20%	Not judged
18 Top 4% in England	Killigrew Primary and Nursery School Chiswell Green	82%	78%	20%	No rating
19 Top 5% in England	Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School Stevenage	83%	74%	22%	No rating
20 Top 5% in England	Field Junior School Watford	85%	85%	18%	No rating
21 Top 5% in England	Richard Whittington Primary School Bishop's Stortford	80%	80%	24%	No rating
22 Top 5% in England	St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans St Albans · Church of England	83%	81%	16%	Outstanding
23 Top 6% in England	Crabtree Junior School Harpenden	82%	86%	25%	Outstanding
24 Top 6% in England	Chorleywood Primary School Chorleywood	79%	80%	33%	No rating
25 Top 6% in England	Bushey Heath Primary School Bushey	77%	83%	33%	Outstanding
26 Top 6% in England	All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Datchworth Datchworth · Church of England	79%	67%	33%	Good
27 Top 6% in England	Harpenden Academy Harpenden	81%	81%	19%	No rating
28 Top 7% in England	Alban City School St Albans	82%	77%	16%	No rating
29 Top 7% in England	Saint Bernadette Voluntary Catholic Primary Academy London Colney · Roman Catholic	83%	83%	13%	No rating
30 Top 7% in England	Fleetville Junior School St Albans	76%	78%	28%	Good
31 Top 7% in England	Bernards Heath Junior School St Albans	81%	78%	17%	Good
32 Top 8% in England	St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Rickmansworth · Church of England	79%	79%	28%	No rating
33 Top 8% in England	Wheatfields Junior Mixed School St Albans	78%	87%	28%	No rating
34 Top 8% in England	Christ Church Chorleywood CofE School Chorleywood · Church of England	78%	80%	23%	Outstanding
35 Top 8% in England	Holy Rood Catholic Primary School Watford · Roman Catholic	80%	84%	17%	Outstanding
36 Top 8% in England	Little Hadham Primary School Little Hadham	78%	82%	23%	Not judged
37 Top 9% in England	St Ippolyts Church of England Aided Primary School North Hertfordshire · Church of England	81%	75%	13%	Good
38 Top 9% in England	Brookmans Park Primary School Brookmans Park	79%	77%	13%	No rating
39 Top 9% in England	Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School Aston (East Hertfordshire) · Church of England	79%	75%	20%	Not judged
40 Top 9% in England	Broxbourne CofE Primary School Hoddesdon · Church of England	79%	83%	10%	Outstanding
41 Top 10% in England	Prae Wood Primary School St Albans	80%	87%	22%	No rating
42 Top 10% in England	Bromet Primary School Watford	76%	85%	20%	Report card
43 Top 10% in England	The Lea Primary School and Nursery Harpenden	81%	70%	7%	Not judged
44 Top 10% in England	High Beeches Primary School Harpenden	77%	80%	15%	No rating
45 Top 11% in England	The Grove Junior School Harpenden	78%	82%	19%	No rating
46 Top 11% in England	The Wroxham School Potters Bar	78%	77%	13%	Good
47 Top 11% in England	Reedings Junior School Sawbridgeworth	73%	77%	23%	No rating
48 Top 11% in England	Northgate Primary School Bishop's Stortford	76%	82%	15%	Good
49 Top 11% in England	Manor Fields Primary School Bishop's Stortford	77%	80%	15%	Good
50 Top 11% in England	Codicote Church of England Primary School Codicote · Church of England	75%	69%	13%	Not judged
51 Top 11% in England	Warren Dell Primary School Watford	78%	73%	24%	Outstanding
52 Top 11% in England	Hertsmere Jewish Primary School Borehamwood · Jewish	76%	80%	16%	Good
53 Top 12% in England	Chenies School Buckinghamshire	74%	74%	21%	Requires improvement
54 Top 12% in England	The Orchard Primary School Watford	75%	70%	20%	No rating
55 Top 12% in England	St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy St Albans · Roman Catholic	77%	68%	13%	No rating
56 Top 12% in England	Hillmead Primary School Bishop's Stortford	77%	77%	23%	No rating
57 Top 12% in England	St Paul's Church of England Primary School, Langleybury Three Rivers · Church of England	77%	86%	21%	No rating
58 Top 13% in England	Windhill21 Bishop's Stortford	74%	70%	22%	No rating
59 Top 13% in England	Round Diamond Primary School Stevenage	76%	79%	19%	No rating
60 Top 14% in England	St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S Bishop's Stortford · Roman Catholic	73%	66%	15%	Good
61 Top 14% in England	Yorke Mead Primary School Rickmansworth	76%	73%	10%	Not judged
62 Top 15% in England	Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, Tring Tring · Church of England	75%	68%	22%	Good
63 Top 15% in England	Two Waters Primary School Hemel Hempstead	75%	81%	19%	Not judged
64 Top 15% in England	Kingsway Junior School Watford	77%	80%	15%	Good
65 Top 15% in England	Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School St Albans	74%	66%	17%	No rating
66 Top 15% in England	St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School Harpenden · Church of England	79%	91%	5%	No rating
67 Top 15% in England	Holwell Primary School Welwyn Garden City	78%	77%	9%	Good
68 Top 16% in England	Samuel Lucas Primary School Hitchin	72%	75%	25%	Outstanding
69 Top 16% in England	St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School St Albans · Roman Catholic	78%	80%	0%	No rating
70 Top 16% in England	Mandeville Primary School Sawbridgeworth	75%	77%	6%	Good
71 Top 16% in England	Bridgewater Primary School Berkhamsted	77%	75%	10%	No rating
72 Top 17% in England	Templewood Primary School Welwyn Garden City	74%	60%	3%	Good
73 Top 18% in England	Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City	71%	78%	20%	Good
74 Top 18% in England	Whitehill Junior School Hitchin	71%	72%	15%	No rating
75 Top 19% in England	Knutsford Primary Academy Watford	74%	72%	8%	Good
76 Top 19% in England	Ickleford Primary School Ickleford · Church of England	72%	67%	27%	No rating
77 Top 19% in England	Fair Field Junior School Radlett	75%	73%	4%	No rating
78 Top 19% in England	Roundwood Primary School Harpenden	74%	69%	9%	Report card
79 Top 20% in England	Summercroft Primary School Bishop's Stortford	73%	73%	15%	No rating
80 Top 20% in England	Yavneh Primary School Borehamwood · Orthodox Jewish	75%	78%	13%	No rating
81 Top 20% in England	Sarratt Church of England Primary School Sarratt · Church of England	72%	76%	20%	No rating
82 Top 20% in England	Cuffley School Cuffley	72%	83%	13%	No rating
83 Top 20% in England	Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant School Baldock	74%	64%	9%	No rating
84 Top 21% in England	Hunsdon Junior Mixed and Infant School Hunsdon	78%	73%	7%	No rating
85 Top 21% in England	Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery Bushey · Roman Catholic	74%	77%	14%	No rating
86 Top 21% in England	London Colney Primary & Nursery School London Colney	73%	85%	8%	No rating
87 Top 21% in England	Our Lady Catholic Primary School Welwyn Garden City · Roman Catholic	69%	70%	20%	Report card
88 Top 21% in England	Ashwell Primary School Ashwell	69%	74%	33%	Report card
89 Top 21% in England	Hartsbourne Primary School Bushey	73%	73%	13%	Good
90 Top 22% in England	Woodside Primary School Goff's Oak	72%	76%	21%	No rating
91 Top 22% in England	Greenway Primary and Nursery School Berkhamsted	72%	79%	10%	No rating
92 Top 22% in England	Norton St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School Letchworth · Church of England	73%	77%	7%	No rating
93 Top 22% in England	Oxhey Wood Primary School Watford	74%	75%	14%	No rating
94 Top 23% in England	William Ransom Primary School Hitchin	73%	78%	8%	Not judged
95 Top 23% in England	Bushey Manor Junior School Bushey	73%	68%	10%	Good
96 Top 23% in England	Watchlytes Primary School Welwyn Garden City	72%	76%	4%	Report card
97 Top 23% in England	Hobletts Manor Junior School Hemel Hempstead	73%	78%	10%	No rating
98 Top 23% in England	St Michael's Woolmer Green CofE VA Primary School Woolmer Green · Church of England	73%	82%	9%	No rating
99 Top 24% in England	Peartree Primary School Welwyn Garden City	71%	75%	17%	No rating
100 Top 24% in England	High Wych Church of England Primary School East Hertfordshire · Church of England	71%	63%	9%	No rating

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Best primary school in each town

Chorleywood · best: The Russell School
Rickmansworth · best: Harvey Road Primary School
St Albans · best: Skyswood Primary & Nursery School
Harpenden · best: Manland Primary School
Hoddesdon · best: St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
Potters Bar · best: Cranborne Primary School
Watford · best: Nascot Wood Junior School
Bishop's Stortford · best: Thorley Hill Primary School
Hemel Hempstead · best: Brockswood Primary School
Stevenage · best: Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School
Bushey · best: Bushey Heath Primary School
London Colney · best: Saint Bernadette Voluntary Catholic Primary Academy
Borehamwood · best: Hertsmere Jewish Primary School
Tring · best: Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, Tring
Welwyn Garden City · best: Holwell Primary School
Hitchin · best: Samuel Lucas Primary School
Berkhamsted · best: Bridgewater Primary School
Baldock · best: Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant School
Letchworth · best: Norton St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School
Hertford · best: Bengeo Primary School
Cheshunt · best: Bonneygrove Primary School
Hatfield · best: Countess Anne Church of England School
Abbots Langley and Kings Langley · best: Kings Langley Primary School
Waltham Cross · best: St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx)
Ware · best: Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

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What is the best primary school in Hertfordshire?

On exam results over the last three years, The Russell School is the top-ranked primary school in Hertfordshire, in the top 1% of schools in England.

How are the schools ranked?

By published Department for Education exam results averaged over three years: for secondary schools, Attainment 8 plus a quarter of the share getting grade 5+ in English and maths; for primary schools, the share reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths plus half the share reaching the higher standard. The order uses the three-year average, so a school can rank above one with a higher single-year result. Schools with fewer than 10 pupils taking the tests are not ranked. Exam results are only part of the picture: visit, read the Ofsted report and check admissions rules, as living nearby does not guarantee a place.