School admissions in Hatfield
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Reception places, September 2026
11 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Countess Anne Church of England School | 2.10 | 30 | not published |
| Birchwood Avenue Primary School | 1.30 | 27 | 569.4 m (≈0.35 mi) |
| Brookmans Park Primary School | 1.02 | 45 | not published |
| St Philip Howard Catholic Primary School | 0.94 | 47 | not published |
| Green Lanes Primary School | 0.92 | 60 | 2386.98 m (≈1.48 mi) |
| De Havilland Primary School | 0.91 | 45 | 1250.4 m (≈0.78 mi) |
| St Mary's Church of England VA Primary School, Welham Green | 0.90 | 10 | not published |
| Oak View Primary and Nursery School | 0.88 | 32 | not published |
| Hatfield Community Free School | 0.80 | 46 | 1165.8 m (≈0.72 mi) |
| Howe Dell Primary School | 0.74 | 42 | 1807.71 m (≈1.12 mi) |
| The Ryde School | 0.67 | 30 | 1688.13 m (≈1.05 mi) |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.
Year 7 places, September 2026
3 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School | 1.37 | 150 |
| Chancellor's School | 1.08 | 206 |
| Onslow St Audrey's School | 0.48 | 159 |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.