Best Primary Schools in Hitchin

We checked all 27 primary schools in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, and list every one: 22 ranked, then 5 without a rank.

Schools checked
27
Ranked
22
Without a rank
5

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 Hitchin. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Hitchin 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, Bishop's Stortford and all of Hertfordshire.

Ranked primary schools in Hitchin

  1. Rank 1

    Samuel Lucas Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 416 pupils, inspected October 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    75%
    Higher standard
    25%
  2. Rank 2

    Highover Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 433 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    15%
  3. Rank 3

    Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery

    Local authority maintained, 159 pupils, inspected June 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    80%
    Higher standard
    12%
  4. Rank 4

    Ickleford Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 213 pupils, inspected May 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    27%
  5. Rank 5

    Codicote Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 276 pupils, inspected February 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    13%
  6. Rank 6

    Whitehill Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 241 pupils, inspected June 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    72%
    Higher standard
    15%
  7. Rank 7

    St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin

    Local authority maintained, 234 pupils, inspected September 2018

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    0%
  8. Rank 8

    St Ippolyts Church of England Aided Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 161 pupils, inspected April 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    75%
    Higher standard
    13%
  9. Rank 9

    William Ransom Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 419 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    78%
    Higher standard
    8%
  10. Rank 10

    Wymondley Junior Mixed and Infant School

    Local authority maintained, 94 pupils, inspected September 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    71%
    Higher standard
    7%
  11. Rank 11

    Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy

    Academy, 234 pupils, inspected January 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    6%
  12. Rank 12

    Pirton School

    Local authority maintained, 136 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    65%
    Higher standard
    10%
  13. Rank 13

    Kimpton Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 133 pupils, inspected January 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    12%
  14. Rank 14

    Our Lady Catholic Primary School

    Academy, 173 pupils, inspected July 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    7%
  15. Rank 15

    Mary Exton Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 146 pupils, inspected September 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    40%
    Higher standard
    7%
  16. Rank 16

    St Paul's Walden Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 74 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    71%
    Higher standard
    0%
  17. Rank 17

    Purwell Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 129 pupils, inspected September 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    0%
  18. Rank 18

    Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School

    Local authority maintained, 84 pupils, inspected April 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to strong standard
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    0%
  19. Rank 19

    Oughton Primary and Nursery School

    Local authority maintained, 195 pupils, inspected June 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    48%
    Higher standard
    3%
  20. Rank 20

    Weston Primary & Nursery School

    Local authority maintained, 104 pupils, inspected November 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    0%
  21. Rank 21

    Preston Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 60 pupils, inspected February 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    27%
    Higher standard
    0%
  22. Rank 22

    Graveley Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 84 pupils, inspected May 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    38%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Hitchin without a rank