Best Primary Schools in Welwyn Garden City

We checked all 16 primary schools in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, and list every one: 15 ranked, then 1 without a rank.

Schools checked
16
Ranked
15
Without a rank
1

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

Welwyn Garden City also has 3 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 Welwyn Garden City

  1. 1

    Applecroft School

    Academy, 454 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    78%
    Higher standard
    20%

  2. 2

    Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School

    Local authority maintained, 418 pupils, inspected June 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    80%
    Higher standard
    13%

  3. 3

    Peartree Primary School

    Academy, 184 pupils, inspected February 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    75%
    Higher standard
    17%

  4. 4

    Our Lady Catholic Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 204 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    20%

  5. 5

    Holwell Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 397 pupils, inspected January 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    9%

  6. 5

    Panshanger Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 240 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    80%
    Higher standard
    10%

  7. 7

    Commonswood Primary & Nursery School

    Local authority maintained, 410 pupils, inspected January 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    65%
    Higher standard
    12%

  8. 8

    Homerswood Primary and Nursery School

    Local authority maintained, 218 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    62%
    Higher standard
    10%

  9. 9

    St John's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School, Lemsford

    Local authority maintained, 102 pupils, inspected June 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    62%
    Higher standard
    8%

  10. 10

    Watchlytes Primary School

    Academy, 158 pupils, inspected December 2025

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    76%
    Higher standard
    4%

  11. 11

    Springmead Primary School

    Academy, 248 pupils, inspected July 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    52%
    Higher standard
    16%

  12. 12

    Waterside Academy

    Academy, 166 pupils, inspected February 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    64%
    Higher standard
    7%

  13. 13

    Templewood Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 225 pupils, inspected December 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    60%
    Higher standard
    3%

  14. 14

    Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School

    Local authority maintained, 179 pupils, inspected November 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    0%

  15. 15

    Creswick Academy

    Academy, 325 pupils, inspected December 2022

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    40%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Welwyn Garden City without a rank