Best Primary Schools in Hertford

We checked all 17 primary schools in Hertford, Hertfordshire, and list every one: 11 ranked, then 6 without a rank.

Schools checked
17
Ranked
11
Without a rank
6

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Hertford. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Hertford also has 4 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire also has rankings for St Albans, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Hitchin and all of Hertfordshire.

Ranked primary schools in Hertford

  1. 1

    Hertingfordbury Cowper Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 229 pupils, inspected May 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    76%
    Higher standard
    24%

  2. 2

    Bengeo Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 449 pupils, inspected September 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    61%
    Higher standard
    9%

  3. 3

    Abel Smith School

    Local authority maintained, 226 pupils, inspected July 2024

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    17%

  4. 4

    Watton-at-Stone Primary and Nursery School

    Local authority maintained, 235 pupils, inspected July 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    9%

  5. 5

    Ponsbourne St Mary's Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 110 pupils, inspected October 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    83%
    Higher standard
    0%

  6. 6

    Wheatcroft Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 319 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    51%
    Higher standard
    9%

  7. 7

    St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford)

    Academy, 224 pupils, inspected July 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    46%
    Higher standard
    14%

  8. 8

    Morgans Primary School & Nursery

    Local authority maintained, 346 pupils, inspected December 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    58%
    Higher standard
    0%

  9. 9

    Hertford Heath Primary and Nursery School

    Local authority maintained, 207 pupils, inspected May 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    36%
    Higher standard
    5%

  10. 10

    Bayford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 87 pupils, inspected February 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    23%
    Higher standard
    0%

  11. 11

    Hollybush Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 190 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    32%
    Higher standard
    4%

Primary schools in Hertford without a rank