Schools in Rickmansworth
Rickmansworth has 24 schools spread across the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, including 16 primaries and 5 secondaries. Hertfordshire County Council co-ordinates admissions for community schools using a tiered priority system that places looked-after children and those with an EHCP first, followed by distance measured in a straight line from home to the school's defined pickup point.
Several schools in the Rickmansworth area serve villages and hamlets including Chorleywood, Croxley Green and Maple Cross, so catchment distances vary widely. The secondary schools here include grammar-track options accessible via the Hertfordshire grammar consortium, which is worth noting for families in this part of the county.
School demand in Rickmansworth
Across the 24 schools in Rickmansworth with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 89%. 4 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.
7 schools in Rickmansworth have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
8 of the schools in Rickmansworth 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.
8 of the schools in Rickmansworth have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Rickmansworth: 3 oversubscribed (16)
Chorleywood Primary School
Primary · Community school
Rickmansworth · WD3 5HR
Shepherd Primary
Primary · Community school
Rickmansworth · WD3 8JJ
The Russell School
Primary · Community school
Rickmansworth · WD3 5RR
Yorke Mead Primary School
Primary · Community school
Rickmansworth · WD3 3PX
Harvey Road Primary School
Primary · Community school
Rickmansworth · WD3 3BN
Little Green Junior School
Primary · Community school
Rickmansworth · WD3 3NJ
Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Rickmansworth · WD3 3QQ
Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Rickmansworth · WD3 9SS
Arnett Hills Junior Mixed and Infant School
Primary · Community school
Rickmansworth · WD3 4BT
Rickmansworth Park Junior Mixed and Infant School
Primary · Community school
Rickmansworth · WD3 1HU
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Rickmansworth · WD3 8HD
Christ Church Chorleywood CofE School
Primary · Academy converter
Rickmansworth · WD3 5SG
Sarratt Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Rickmansworth · WD3 6AS
St John Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Rickmansworth · WD3 7HG
Chenies School
Primary · Academy converter
Rickmansworth · WD3 6ER
St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Rickmansworth · WD3 1NY
Secondary Schools in Rickmansworth (5)
Rickmansworth School
Secondary · Academy converter
Rickmansworth · WD3 3AQ
St Clement Danes School
Secondary · Academy converter
Rickmansworth · WD3 6EW
Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter
Rickmansworth · WD3 1HG
The Reach Free School
Secondary · Free schools
Rickmansworth · WD3 8AB
Croxley Danes School
Secondary · Free schools
Rickmansworth · WD3 3LR
Other Schools in Rickmansworth (3)
Charlotte House Preparatory School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Rickmansworth · WD3 4DU
Royal Masonic School for Girls
Not applicable · Other independent school
Rickmansworth · WD3 4HF
Merchant Taylors' Prep School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Rickmansworth · WD3 1LW
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Rickmansworth 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.