Contested schools in Hertfordshire

These are the Hertfordshire schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for Hertfordshire

Secondary schools (55)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in Hertfordshire, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Hockerill Anglo-European College	61	152	2.49
Parmiter's School	205	486	2.37
Watford Grammar School for Boys	211	396	1.88
Dame Alice Owen's School	186	331	1.78
Watford Grammar School for Girls	203	359	1.77
Queens' School	259	436	1.68
The Bishop's Stortford High School	172	277	1.61
The Broxbourne School	228	366	1.61
Sandringham School	233	337	1.45
Sir John Lawes School	187	259	1.39
St George's School	170	235	1.38
Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School	150	205	1.37
Marriotts School	221	297	1.34
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School	219	290	1.32
Beaumont School	225	287	1.28
St Clement Danes School	231	295	1.28
Hitchin Girls' School	206	262	1.27
The Hemel Hempstead School	210	261	1.24
Rickmansworth School	237	292	1.23
Avanti Grange Secondary School	176	211	1.20
The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College	178	213	1.20
Simon Balle All-Through School	124	146	1.18
Goffs Academy	229	267	1.17
Hitchin Boys' School	203	237	1.17
Roundwood Park School	187	219	1.17
Tring School	225	264	1.17
Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School	170	194	1.14
Richard Hale School	168	189	1.12
Ashlyns School	231	253	1.10
Presdales School	173	191	1.10
The Chauncy School	225	248	1.10
Longdean School	224	244	1.09
Chancellor's School	206	222	1.08
Saint Michael's Catholic High School	174	188	1.08
Stanborough School	234	252	1.08
Monk's Walk School	221	228	1.03
The Thomas Alleyne Academy	165	167	1.01
Samuel Ryder Academy	140	140	1
The Knights Templar School	200	199	0.99
John F Kennedy Catholic School	174	169	0.97
The Adeyfield Academy	171	166	0.97
Leventhorpe	233	220	0.94
The Nobel School	228	210	0.92
St Albans Girls' School	240	215	0.90
Loreto College	146	129	0.88
Robert Barclay Academy	145	127	0.88
Kings Langley School	180	155	0.86
Katherine Warington School	165	139	0.84
Goffs - Churchgate Academy	110	91	0.83
Yavneh College	175	145	0.83
Croxley Danes School	165	130	0.79
The Marlborough Science Academy	235	182	0.77
The Reach Free School	109	84	0.77
Westfield Academy	231	118	0.51
Bushey Meads School	184	85	0.46

Primary schools (172)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in Hertfordshire, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Countess Anne Church of England School	30	63	2.10
Warren Dell Primary School	29	55	1.90
Bushey Heath Primary School	30	55	1.83
Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery School	59	103	1.75
The Russell School	29	48	1.66
Panshanger Primary School	29	47	1.62
Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School	18	29	1.61
Nash Mills Church of England Primary School	30	48	1.60
Harvey Road Primary School	29	45	1.55
Broxbourne CofE Primary School	30	46	1.53
Richard Whittington Primary School	30	46	1.53
Sheredes Primary School	60	92	1.53
Skyswood Primary & Nursery School	30	46	1.53
St Teresa Catholic Primary School	30	46	1.53
Brockswood Primary School	30	45	1.50
Gade Valley Primary School	30	44	1.47
Goffs Oak Primary & Nursery School	30	44	1.47
Rickmansworth Park Junior Mixed and Infant School	30	43	1.43
Greenway Primary and Nursery School	30	42	1.40
Two Waters Primary School	30	42	1.40
Hunsdon Junior Mixed and Infant School	16	22	1.38
Simon Balle All-Through School	60	83	1.38
Manland Primary School	30	41	1.37
Potten End CofE Primary School	30	41	1.37
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans	28	38	1.36
Flamstead End School	58	77	1.33
Lordship Farm Primary School	60	80	1.33
The Lea Primary School and Nursery	30	40	1.33
Cunningham Hill Infant School	59	78	1.32
Hobletts Manor Infants' School	58	76	1.31
Birchwood Avenue Primary School	27	35	1.30
Boxmoor Primary School	30	39	1.30
St Joseph Catholic Primary School	30	39	1.30
St Paul's Church of England Primary School, Langleybury	30	39	1.30
Woolenwick Infant and Nursery School	59	76	1.29
Ashwell Primary School	29	37	1.28
George Street Primary School	29	37	1.28
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford)	29	37	1.28
Crabtree Infants' School	60	76	1.27
Cranborne Primary School	60	76	1.27
St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School	30	38	1.27
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School	30	38	1.27
Wood End School	60	76	1.27
Goldfield Infants' and Nursery School	58	73	1.26
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx)	31	39	1.26
Fairfields Primary School and Nursery	60	75	1.25
The Cranbourne Primary School	60	75	1.25
Widford School	9	11	—
Woodlands Primary School	27	33	1.22
Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School	29	35	1.21
Meryfield Primary School	60	72	1.20
Mill Mead Primary Academy	30	36	1.20
St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School	30	36	1.20
Avanti Brook Primary School	28	33	1.18
Broom Barns Primary School	28	33	1.18
Manor Fields Primary School	60	71	1.18
Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery	29	34	1.17
Longlands Primary School and Nursery	29	34	1.17
Round Diamond Primary School	60	70	1.17
St John's CofE Primary School	29	34	1.17
Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery)	59	69	1.17
Applecroft School	60	69	1.15
Knutsford Primary Academy	60	69	1.15
Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant School	59	68	1.15
Brookland Infant and Nursery School	58	66	1.14
Coates Way JMI and Nursery School	28	32	1.14
Dewhurst St Mary CofE Primary School	28	32	1.14
Long Marston VA Church of England Primary and Nursery School	14	16	—
Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School	30	34	1.13
Bridgewater Primary School	60	68	1.13
Holy Rood Catholic Primary School	60	68	1.13
Newberries Primary School	30	34	1.13
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin	30	34	1.13
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School	30	34	1.13
Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant School	60	67	1.12
St John's Church of England Infant and Nursery School	58	65	1.12
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery	45	50	1.11
Abel Smith School	29	32	1.10
Cherry Tree Primary School	60	66	1.10
Cuffley School	59	65	1.10
Lanchester Primary School	30	33	1.10
Markyate Village School and Nursery	29	32	1.10
St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch	29	32	1.10
St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School	30	33	1.10
Templewood Primary School	30	33	1.10
Windhill21	61	67	1.10
Peartree Spring Primary School	87	95	1.09
Yorke Mead Primary School	58	63	1.09
Therfield First School	13	14	—
William Ransom Primary School	60	65	1.08
Fleetville Infant and Nursery School	89	95	1.07
Jenyns First School and Nursery	15	16	—
Kingshill Infant School	59	63	1.07
Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School	30	32	1.07
Laurance Haines School	60	64	1.07
Pixies Hill Primary School	30	32	1.07
Priors Wood Primary School	30	32	1.07
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School	58	62	1.07
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	30	32	1.07
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School	14	15	—
Stonehill School	30	32	1.07
High Beeches Primary School	60	63	1.05
Little Hadham Primary School	20	21	1.05
Samuel Ryder Academy	60	63	1.05
Codicote Church of England Primary School	45	47	1.04
Chater Infant School	58	60	1.03
Leverstock Green Church of England Primary School	29	30	1.03
Little Heath Primary School	29	30	1.03
Northfields Infants and Nursery School	29	30	1.03
South Hill Primary School	58	60	1.03
St Dominic Catholic Primary School	30	31	1.03
Strathmore Infant and Nursery School	59	61	1.03
Brookmans Park Primary School	45	46	1.02
Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School	57	58	1.02
Belswains Primary School	60	60	1
Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School	9	9	—
Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School	26	26	1
Knebworth Primary and Nursery School	54	54	1
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School	24	24	1
St Helen's Church of England Primary School	29	29	1
Tudor Primary School	59	59	1
Weston Primary & Nursery School	7	7	—
Fawbert and Barnard Infants' School	60	59	0.98
Bengeo Primary School	60	58	0.97
Burleigh Primary School	60	58	0.97
Hertingfordbury Cowper Primary School	30	29	0.97
Highwood Primary School	60	58	0.97
Norton St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School	29	28	0.97
Oaklands Primary School	29	28	0.97
St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School	30	29	0.97
Summercroft Primary School	60	58	0.97
Eastbury Farm Primary School	45	43	0.96
Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery	27	26	0.96
Shephalbury Park Primary School	27	26	0.96
Tannery Drift School	55	52	0.95
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Datchworth	15	14	—
Icknield Walk First School	59	55	0.93
Saint Bernadette Voluntary Catholic Primary Academy	30	28	0.93
St John's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School, Lemsford	15	14	—
Welwyn St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	55	51	0.93
Green Lanes Primary School	60	55	0.92
Grove Road Primary School	59	54	0.92
Reed First School	13	12	—
Walkern Primary School	25	23	0.92
Yavneh Primary School	53	49	0.92
Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery	22	20	0.91
Hillshott Infant School and Nursery	59	53	0.90
Cassiobury Infant and Nursery School	89	79	0.89
How Wood Primary and Nursery School	19	17	—
Prae Wood Primary School	55	49	0.89
St Peter's School	38	34	0.89
Flamstead Village School	15	13	—
Monksmead School	30	26	0.87
Maple Primary School	28	24	0.86
The Grove Infant and Nursery School	59	51	0.86
Benington Church of England Primary School	13	11	—
Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery School	57	48	0.84
Ickleford Primary School	29	24	0.83
Ponsbourne St Mary's Church of England Primary School	12	10	—
Our Lady Catholic Primary School	22	18	—
Chorleywood Primary School	30	24	0.80
Hatfield Community Free School	46	37	0.80
St John Roman Catholic Primary School	20	16	—
Thorley Hill Primary School	30	24	0.80
St Meryl School	24	19	—
Watford St John's Church of England Primary School	53	41	0.77
Bournehall Primary School	29	22	0.76
Springmead Primary School	29	22	0.76
Hollybush Primary School	20	15	—
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School	23	17	—
The Ryde School	30	20	0.67
Cowley Hill School	53	33	0.62

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.