Schools in Letchworth Garden City
Letchworth Garden City in Hertfordshire has 14 schools in the catchment.school database, including 9 primaries and 1 secondary. As England's first garden city, Letchworth has a distinctive urban form with planned residential neighbourhoods each served by local primary schools. Admissions are managed by Hertfordshire County Council, and one selective school is accessible in the area via the Hertfordshire grammar selection process. Three schools hold a faith designation.
Fearnhill School is the main state secondary serving Letchworth Garden City, while North Herts grammar schools attract pupils who pass the county's selection test. Four schools across the area hold Good or Outstanding Ofsted ratings. Hertfordshire County Council publishes updated catchment-boundary maps each year, and families should register on the council's admissions portal by mid-January for Year 7 and mid-January for Year R primary offers.
School demand in Letchworth Garden City
Across the 13 schools in Letchworth Garden City with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 83%. 2 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.
3 schools in Letchworth Garden City have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
6 of the schools in Letchworth Garden City 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.
5 of the schools in Letchworth Garden City have a current Ofsted rating, of which 4 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Letchworth Garden City: 1 oversubscribed (9)
Icknield Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Letchworth Garden City · SG6 4UN
Northfields Infants and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Letchworth Garden City · SG6 4PT
Lordship Farm Primary School
Primary · Community school
Letchworth Garden City · SG6 3UF
Stonehill School
Primary · Community school
Letchworth Garden City · SG6 4SZ
Norton St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Letchworth Garden City · SG6 1AG
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Letchworth Garden City · SG6 3QB
Garden City Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Letchworth Garden City · SG6 2JZ
Wilbury Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Letchworth Garden City · SG6 4DU
The Grange Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Letchworth Garden City · SG6 4PY
Secondary Schools in Letchworth Garden City (1)
Other Schools in Letchworth Garden City (4)
St Christopher School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Letchworth Garden City · SG6 3JZ
St Francis College
Not applicable · Other independent school
Letchworth Garden City · SG6 3PJ
North Herts Education Support Centre
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit
Letchworth Garden City · SG6 3LY
Woolgrove School, Special Needs Academy
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Letchworth Garden City · SG6 2PT
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Letchworth Garden City 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.