Schools near Royston
18 open schools in Royston, Hertfordshire · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Hertfordshire schools · grammar schools in Royston
Royston has 18 state schools: 15 primary, 2 secondary, part of Hertfordshire's wider catchment. 18 have a published Ofsted rating, and 10 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding
These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.
How places are allocated in Hertfordshire
Primary schools: 'Priority area' is explicit in the primary admission rules. (source)
Secondary schools: 'Priority area' also explicit for secondary/upper schools. (source)
Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.
Royston straddles a council boundary: the scheme above is Hertfordshire's, and Cambridgeshire, Essex also have schools here, applying under their own.
Key dates
| Entry year | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 2028 | Application deadline | 2027-10-31 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary application deadline | 2028-01-15 |
| Sept 2028 | Offer day | 2028-03-01 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary offer day | 2028-04-17 |
| Sept 2027 | Application deadline | 2026-10-31 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary application deadline | 2027-01-15 |
| Sept 2027 | Offer day | 2027-03-01 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary offer day | 2027-04-16 |
| Sept 2026 | Application deadline | 2025-10-31 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary application deadline | 2026-01-15 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Offer day | 2026-03-02 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary offer day | 2026-04-16 (passed) |
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