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24 open schools in Ware, Hertfordshire · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Hertfordshire schools · grammar schools in Ware

Ware has 24 state schools: 16 primary, 3 secondary, part of Hertfordshire's wider catchment. 23 have a published Ofsted rating, and 17 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Amwell View School Ware · Outstanding Christ Church CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery Ware · Good Hertford Regional College Ware · Good Hunsdon Junior Mixed and Infant School Ware · Outstanding Jenyns First School and Nursery Ware · Not judged Kingshill Infant School Ware · Good Larkspur Academy Ware · Good Little Hadham Primary School Ware · Not judged Little Munden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ware · Good Middleton School Ware · Outstanding Pinewood School Ware · Requires improvement Presdales School Ware · Outstanding Priors Wood Primary School Ware · Good Puller Memorial, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School Ware · Good Ralph Sadleir School Ware · Requires improvement Roger De Clare First CofE School Ware · Good Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Ware · Not judged St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ware · Good St Catherine's Church of England Primary School Ware · Good St Edmund's College Ware St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School Ware · Not judged St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Junior School Ware · Good St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Ware · Good The Chauncy School Ware · 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.

Puller Memorial, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School Good · ×0.57 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Christ Church CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery Good · ×0.95 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Catherine's Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.96 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

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.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
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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