Best Primary Schools in Watford

We checked all 39 primary schools in Watford, Hertfordshire, and list every one: 29 ranked, then 10 without a rank.

Schools checked: 39
Ranked: 29
Without a rank: 10

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

Watford also has 7 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, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Hitchin, Bishop's Stortford and all of Hertfordshire.

Ranked primary schools in Watford

Rank 1
Nascot Wood Junior School
Local authority maintained, 240 pupils, inspected October 2023
Ofsted: Outstanding
Expected standard
88%
Higher standard
23%
Rank 2
Holy Rood Catholic Primary School
Academy, 454 pupils, inspected September 2023
Ofsted: Outstanding
Expected standard
84%
Higher standard
17%
Rank 3
Field Junior School
Local authority maintained, 244 pupils, inspected November 2017
Ofsted: Outstanding
Expected standard
85%
Higher standard
18%
Rank 4
Bromet Primary School
Academy, 270 pupils, inspected April 2026
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
Expected standard
85%
Higher standard
20%
Rank 5
Warren Dell Primary School
Academy, 264 pupils, inspected January 2024
Ofsted: Outstanding
Expected standard
73%
Higher standard
24%
Rank 6
Kingsway Junior School
Local authority maintained, 235 pupils, inspected June 2022
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
80%
Higher standard
15%
Rank 7
Cassiobury Junior School
Local authority maintained, 359 pupils, inspected January 2024
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
77%
Higher standard
11%
Rank 8
Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery
Academy, 238 pupils, inspected December 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
74%
Higher standard
23%
Rank 9
The Orchard Primary School
Academy, 434 pupils, inspected May 2011
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
70%
Higher standard
20%
Rank 10
Oxhey Wood Primary School
Academy, 387 pupils, inspected April 2014
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
75%
Higher standard
14%
Rank 10
St Joseph Catholic Primary School
Local authority maintained, 239 pupils, inspected February 2017
Ofsted: Outstanding
Expected standard
68%
Higher standard
7%
Rank 12
Lanchester Primary School
Free school, 298 pupils, inspected July 2019
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
73%
Higher standard
15%
Rank 13
Knutsford Primary Academy
Academy, 438 pupils, inspected January 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
72%
Higher standard
8%
Rank 14
Parkgate Junior School
Local authority maintained, 236 pupils, inspected June 2018
Ofsted: Outstanding
Expected standard
58%
Higher standard
12%
Rank 15
Ascot Road Primary School
Free school, 391 pupils, inspected May 2024
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
75%
Higher standard
17%
Rank 16
Laurance Haines School
Academy, 463 pupils, inspected November 2014
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
70%
Higher standard
7%
Rank 17
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School
Local authority maintained, 448 pupils, inspected January 2026
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
Expected standard
61%
Higher standard
13%
Rank 18
Greenfields Primary School
Local authority maintained, 212 pupils, inspected June 2026
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
Expected standard
67%
Higher standard
7%
Rank 19
Central Primary School
Local authority maintained, 399 pupils, inspected February 2026
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
Expected standard
69%
Higher standard
6%
Rank 20
Watford St John's Church of England Primary School
Free school, 401 pupils, inspected February 2025
Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
Expected standard
67%
Higher standard
13%
Rank 21
Beechfield School
Academy, 444 pupils, inspected May 2022
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
72%
Higher standard
3%
Rank 22
St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School
Academy, 268 pupils, inspected November 2014
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
71%
Higher standard
3%
Rank 22
St Meryl School
Local authority maintained, 219 pupils, inspected March 2026
Report card: Expected standard
Expected standard
57%
Higher standard
17%
Rank 24
Cherry Tree Primary School
Academy, 445 pupils, inspected July 2022
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
48%
Higher standard
12%
Rank 25
Chater Junior School
Local authority maintained, 237 pupils, inspected November 2024
Ofsted judgements: Good
Expected standard
63%
Higher standard
5%
Rank 26
The Grove Academy
Academy, 473 pupils, inspected May 2025
Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
Expected standard
64%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 27
Coates Way JMI and Nursery School
Local authority maintained, 223 pupils, inspected September 2024
Ofsted judgements: Good
Expected standard
47%
Higher standard
3%
Rank 28
Leavesden JMI School
Local authority maintained, 389 pupils, inspected March 2023
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
40%
Higher standard
0%
Rank 29
Woodhall Primary School
Local authority maintained, 76 pupils, inspected November 2022
Ofsted: Good
Expected standard
39%
Higher standard
0%

Primary schools in Watford without a rank

Cassiobury Infant and Nursery School
Local authority maintained, 310 pupils, inspected October 2023
Ofsted: Good
Chater Infant School
Local authority maintained, 223 pupils, inspected January 2019
Ofsted: Good
Edge Grove School
Independent, Selective, 311 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Gurukula - The Hare Krishna Primary School
Independent, 54 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Kingsway Infants' School
Local authority maintained, 171 pupils, inspected June 2017
Ofsted: Good
Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery School
Local authority maintained, 202 pupils, inspected October 2023
Ofsted: Good
Parkgate Infants' and Nursery School
Local authority maintained, 202 pupils, inspected November 2014
Ofsted: Good
Stanborough Primary School
Independent, 64 pupils, inspected July 2024
Ofsted: Good
Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery)
Local authority maintained, 231 pupils, inspected May 2026
Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
Willow Tree Primary School
Academy, 185 pupils, inspected April 2023
Ofsted: Requires improvement