Primary schools in Watford

36 primary schools in Watford, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.

Watford in figures

For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 30 schools in Watford first 1,367 times for 1,381 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Hertfordshire authority's 364 schools. 13 of the 30 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 11 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.20 miles (Warren Dell Primary School) to 1.17 miles (Cassiobury Infant and Nursery School).

Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.

Holy Rood Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding · WD17 4FS
Nascot Wood Junior SchoolOutstanding · WD17 4YS
St Joseph Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding · WD19 7DW
Warren Dell Primary SchoolOutstanding · WD19 7UZ
Alban Wood Primary School and NurseryGood · WD25 7NX
Ascot Road Primary SchoolGood · WD18 8AD
Beechfield SchoolStrong standard · WD24 5TY
Cassiobury Infant and Nursery SchoolGood · WD17 3PE
Cassiobury Junior SchoolGood · WD17 3PD
Chater Infant SchoolGood · WD18 7RD
Chater Junior SchoolGood · WD18 0WN
Cherry Tree Primary SchoolGood · WD24 6ST
Coates Way JMI and Nursery SchoolGood · WD25 9NW
Kingsway Infants' SchoolGood · WD25 0ES
Kingsway Junior SchoolGood · WD25 0JH
Knutsford Primary AcademyGood · WD24 7ER
Leavesden JMI SchoolGood · WD25 7QZ
Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery SchoolGood · WD17 4YT
Parkgate Infants' and Nursery SchoolGood · WD24 7RL
St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary SchoolGood · WD25 7HP
The Grove AcademyGood · WD25 9RH
The Orchard Primary SchoolGood · WD24 5JW
Woodhall Primary SchoolGood · WD19 6QX
Field Junior SchoolOutstanding (2017) · WD18 0AZ
Lanchester Primary SchoolGood (2019) · WD17 3HD
Bromet Primary SchoolExpected standard · WD19 4SG
Central Primary SchoolExpected standard · WD17 2LX
Greenfields Primary SchoolExpected standard · WD19 6QH
Oxhey Wood Primary SchoolExpected standard · WD19 7SL
St Anthony's Catholic Primary SchoolExpected standard · WD18 6BW
St Meryl SchoolExpected standard · WD19 5BT
Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery)Expected standard · WD18 0WF
Parkgate Junior SchoolNeeds attention · WD24 7DN
Watford St John's Church of England Primary SchoolRequires improvement · WD17 1JJ
Willow Tree Primary SchoolRequires improvement · WD18 6LL
Laurance Haines SchoolNo current grade · WD18 0DD

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