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Schools in Hertfordshire

585 schools in the Hertfordshire local authority.

Schools

585

Open schools

Pupils

223,111

2025–26 census

Good or better

95%

430 of 455 graded

Academic Performance

5.8

out of 10 · 521 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
72 16%
Good
358 79%
Requires improvement
22 5%
Inadequate
3 <1%
48 inspected since 2024, no overall grade48 superseded by a report card82 not judged3 in a category of concern2 safeguarding not effective
5.8
Academic Performance

Averaged over 521 of 585 schools that can be scored

Pupils

223,111

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 583 of 585 schools (223,111 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
71%
Asian
10%
Black
6%
Mixed
9%
Chinese
1%
Any other group
2%
Unclassified
1%

Ethnicity from 531 of 585 schools (200,698 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
16.0%

32,035 of 200,698 pupils · 531 of 585 schools

First language not English
18.9%

37,846 of 200,698 pupils · 531 of 585 schools

Young carers
1.2%

2,374 of 199,268 pupils · 517 of 585 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
415
Secondary
88
All-through
21
Special
29
Nursery
14
PRU
8
Not recorded
10

Top primary schools in Hertfordshire

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Hertfordshire

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 585 schools in Hertfordshire — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Hertfordshire

How many schools are there in Hertfordshire?
Hertfordshire has 585 open schools — 415 primary, 88 secondary, 29 special, 14 nursery, teaching 223,111 pupils in total.
How many schools in Hertfordshire are rated Good or Outstanding?
430 of the 455 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 95% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 72 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 585: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Hertfordshire?
5.8 out of 10, averaged across the 521 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Hertfordshire schools have no Ofsted rating?
130 schools in Hertfordshire currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Hertfordshire local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Hertfordshire covers 585 schools and sits in the East of England region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Hertfordshire are eligible for free school meals?
16.0% — 32,035 of 200,698 pupils at the 531 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the East of England region.