Schools in Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead has 49 schools - 34 primary and 6 secondary - with admissions co-ordinated by Hertfordshire County Council. The town's planned-neighbourhood layout means each residential area was historically paired with a local primary, though academy conversions have loosened some of those pairings over time.
Hertfordshire uses a home-to-school distance measure based on the shortest available walking route rather than straight-line distance. Last-distance-offered data is published in HCC's annual admissions booklet, and parents are encouraged to include local schools as backup preferences to avoid being allocated a more distant school.
School demand in Hemel Hempstead
Across the 46 schools in Hemel Hempstead with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 94%. 15 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
8 schools in Hemel Hempstead have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
13 of the schools in Hemel Hempstead are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Hertfordshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
17 of the schools in Hemel Hempstead have a current Ofsted rating, of which 16 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Hemel Hempstead: 12 oversubscribed (34)
Hobletts Manor Junior School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 5JS
Gaddesden Row JMI School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 6HG
George Street Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 5HJ
Boxmoor Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 1PF
Two Waters Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP3 0AU
Tudor Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP3 9ER
South Hill Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 1TT
Hobletts Manor Infants' School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 5JS
Chambersbury Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Hemel Hempstead · HP3 8JH
Micklem Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 2QH
The Reddings Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP3 8DX
Gade Valley Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 3DT
Pixies Hill Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 2BY
Lime Walk Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP3 9LN
Aycliffe Drive Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 6LJ
Holtsmere End Junior School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 7JZ
Brockswood Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 7QH
Belswains Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP3 9QJ
Hobbs Hill Wood Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP3 8ER
Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 7JZ
Leverstock Green Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 4SA
Nash Mills Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Hemel Hempstead · HP3 9XB
Great Gaddesden Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 3BT
Maple Grove Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 7BG
Yewtree Primary School
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 5QR
Galley Hill Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 3JY
Bovingdon Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Hemel Hempstead · HP3 0HL
Hammond Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 5TD
Jupiter Primary School
Primary · Free schools
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 5NT
Broadfield Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 4BX
Saint Albert the Great Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Hemel Hempstead · HP3 8DW
St Cuthbert Mayne Voluntary Catholic Junior Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 3EA
St Rose's Catholic Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 1QW
Oakleaf Primary
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 2JU
Secondary Schools in Hemel Hempstead (6)
The Astley Cooper School
Secondary · Community school
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 7HL
Longdean School
Secondary · Academy converter
Hemel Hempstead · HP3 8JB
The Adeyfield Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 4DE
Laureate Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 3DW
The Hemel Hempstead School
Secondary · Academy converter
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 1TX
John F Kennedy Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 2PH
Other Schools in Hemel Hempstead (9)
Heath Lane Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 1TT
Abbot's Hill School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Hemel Hempstead · HP3 8RP
Lockers Park School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 1TL
The Collett School
Not applicable · Community special school
Hemel Hempstead · HP1 1TQ
Woodfield School
Not applicable · Community special school
Hemel Hempstead · HP3 8RL
Dacorum Education Support Centre
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 4HS
Haywood Grove School
Not applicable · Community special school
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 7BG
Roman Fields Academy
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter
Hemel Hempstead · HP3 0DF
Redbourn Park School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Hemel Hempstead · HP2 6BH
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Hemel Hempstead are set by Hertfordshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.