Schools and Education in Widford

There are 85 schools within 5 miles of Widford town centre, including 54 primary and 12 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 92% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Hunsdon Junior Mixed and Infant School, Fawbert and Barnard Infants' School and Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery. Parents should note that 5 schools have a rating below Good — it's worth reviewing the latest inspection reports.

Total Schools
85
Primary
54
Secondary
12
Good / Outstanding
92%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

8
52
Outstanding (8) Good (52) Requires Improvement (5) Not yet inspected (20)
Hunsdon Junior Mixed and Infant School Primary 0.9 miles High Street, Hunsdon, Ware, SG12 8NT Inspected: 13 March 2025 Fawbert and Barnard Infants' School Primary 3.7 miles Knight Street, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9AT Inspected: 02 May 2024 Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery Primary 3.7 miles Harberts Road, Harlow, CM19 4BU Inspected: 31 March 2025 Amwell View School 3.8 miles Station Road, Stanstead Abbotts, Ware, SG12 8EH Inspected: 10 June 2024 Presdales School Secondary 4.3 miles Hoe Lane, Ware, SG12 9NX Inspected: 25 April 2024 The Bishop's Stortford High School Secondary 4.5 miles Jacobs Walk, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 4SH Inspected: 07 July 2023 Rye Park Nursery School Nursery 4.5 miles Walton Road, Hoddesden, EN11 0LN Inspected: 28 April 2023 The Chauncy School Secondary 4.8 miles Park Road, Ware, SG12 0DP Inspected: 02 August 2023
Widford School Primary 0.5 miles Ware Road, Widford, Widford Herts, SG12 8RE Inspected: 01 April 2025 St Elizabeth's School 1.2 miles Centenary Close, Much Hadham, SG10 6EW Inspected: 22 November 2023 St Elizabeth's Centre 1.2 miles Centenary Close, Hertfordshire, SG10 6EW Inspected: 24 June 2022 St Andrew's CE Primary School and Nursery Primary 2.1 miles Tower Hill, Much Hadham, SG10 6DL Inspected: 27 September 2023 High Wych Church of England Primary School Primary 2.5 miles High Wych Road, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 0JB Inspected: 23 January 2024 Pemberley Academy Primary 3.2 miles Hodings Road, Harlow, CM20 1NW Inspected: 11 March 2024 St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Mill Race, Stanstead Abbotts, Ware, SG12 8BZ Inspected: 16 January 2024 Mandeville Primary School Primary 3.4 miles West Road, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 0BL Inspected: 28 April 2023 Burnt Mill Academy Secondary 3.5 miles Altham Grove, Harlow, CM20 2NR Inspected: 12 June 2023 St Alban's Catholic Academy Primary 3.5 miles Altham Grove, Harlow, CM20 2NP Inspected: 28 November 2024 Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery Primary 3.6 miles Mowbray Road, Harlow, CM20 2LS Inspected: 06 May 2022 Leventhorpe Secondary 3.6 miles School Lane, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9BY Inspected: 14 May 2024 Roydon Primary Academy Primary 3.6 miles Epping Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5HN Inspected: 18 June 2024 Freshwaters Primary Academy Primary 3.7 miles School Lane, Harlow, CM20 3QA Inspected: 05 March 2025 Reedings Junior School Primary 3.7 miles Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9DD Inspected: 13 May 2024 Harlow College 16 plus 3.7 miles Broadfield, Harlow, CM20 3LH Inspected: 05 July 2024 Bmat Stem Academy Secondary 3.8 miles Broadfield, Harlow, CM20 3EZ Inspected: 21 March 2023 EH8 Ash Valley Family Centre 3.8 miles Tower Road, Tower Primary School, Ware, SG12 7LP Inspected: 20 February 2014 Larkspur Academy Primary 3.8 miles Tower Road, Ware, SG12 7LP Inspected: 17 March 2023 Spellbrook CofE Primary School Primary 4 miles Oram Court, Spellbrook, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 4BA Inspected: 14 December 2021 Christ Church CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery Primary 4 miles Bowling Road, Ware, SG12 7BT Inspected: 25 September 2023 Harlowbury Primary School Primary 4 miles Watlington Road, Old Harlow, Harlow, CM17 0DX Inspected: 12 May 2022 Kingshill Infant School Primary 4.1 miles Vallans Close, Ware, SG12 0RL Inspected: 02 March 2023 St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Junior School Primary 4.1 miles Vallans Close, Ware, SG12 0RL Inspected: 25 September 2023 St Mark's West Essex Catholic School Secondary 4.2 miles Westfield, Harlow, CM18 6AA Inspected: 27 April 2023 Manor Fields Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Penningtons, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 4LE Inspected: 11 May 2022 Thundridge Church of England Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Ermine Street, Thundridge, Herts, SG12 0SY Inspected: 15 June 2023 Hertford Regional College 16 plus 4.3 miles London Road, Ware, SG12 9JF Inspected: 02 July 2024 Puller Memorial, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary 4.3 miles High Road, Ware, SG11 1AZ Inspected: 13 July 2022 The Cranbourne Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Bridleway North, Hoddesdon, EN11 9PP Inspected: 22 April 2025 Katherines Primary Academy and Nursery Primary 4.3 miles Brookside, Harlow, CM19 5NJ Inspected: 18 January 2022 St Luke's Catholic Academy Primary 4.4 miles Pyenest Road, Harlow, CM19 4LU Inspected: 24 January 2024 Jerounds Primary Academy Primary 4.5 miles Holly Field, Harlow, CM19 4PH Inspected: 28 November 2022 B1 Three Parks Family Centre 4.5 miles Walton Road, Walton Road, Hoddesdon, EN11 0LN Inspected: 17 July 2014 Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Harlow Primary 4.5 miles Hobbs Cross Road, Harlow, CM17 0LB Inspected: 25 June 2024 Church Langley Community Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Minton Lane, Church Langley, Harlow, CM17 9TH Inspected: 19 March 2024 Abbotsweld Primary Academy Primary 4.6 miles Partridge Road, Harlow, CM18 6TE Inspected: 04 May 2023 Newhall Primary Academy Primary 4.6 miles Round House Way, Harlow, CM17 9SF Inspected: 14 March 2023 Hillmead Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Chatsworth Close, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 4PW Inspected: 16 May 2024 EH7 Silver Birches Family Centre 4.7 miles Park Road, Park Road, Ware, SG12 0AW Inspected: 19 February 2014 St Catherine's Church of England Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Park Road, Ware, SG12 0AW Inspected: 09 September 2024 Purford Green Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Purford Green, Harlow, CM18 6HP Inspected: 13 January 2025 William Martin Church of England Junior School Primary 4.7 miles Tawneys Road, Harlow, CM18 6PN Inspected: 21 October 2022 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S Primary 4.8 miles Great Hadham Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2NL Inspected: 02 February 2023 Thorley Hill Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Park Lane, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3NH Inspected: 13 May 2024 Water Lane Primary Academy Primary 4.9 miles Broadley Road, Harlow, CM19 5RD Inspected: 19 June 2023 Har1 the Tree House Family Hub 4.9 miles Parnall Road, Harlow, CM18 7NG Inspected: 21 April 2011 Rivers Education Support Centre 4.9 miles Old Essex Road, Hoddesdon, EN11 0AA Inspected: 06 December 2023 Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Harlow Primary 4.9 miles Southern Way, Southern Way, Harlow, CM18 6JJ Inspected: 03 May 2023 Milwards Primary School and Nursery Primary 5 miles The Maples, Harlow, CM19 4QX Inspected: 14 December 2023 Potter Street Academy Primary 5 miles Harlow, CM17 9EU Inspected: 12 December 2024 Passmores Academy Secondary 5 miles Southern Way, Harlow, CM18 6JH Inspected: 19 March 2024
Little Parndon Primary Academy Primary 3.2 miles Hodings Road, Harlow, CM20 1PU Inspected: 13 September 2023 EH6 Duckling Green Family Centre 3.8 miles The Forebury, The Forebury, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9BD Inspected: 16 February 2015 Pinewood School 4.5 miles Hoe Lane, Ware, SG12 9PB Inspected: 22 January 2025 Stewards Academy - Science Specialist, Harlow Secondary 4.9 miles Parnall Road, Harlow, CM18 7NQ Inspected: 20 June 2024 Har3 Potter Street Family Hub Delivery Site 5 miles Carters Mead, Harlow, CM17 9EU Inspected: 04 March 2015
Priors Wood Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Cozens Road, Ware, SG12 7HZ Har2 the Meadows Family Hub Delivery Site 3.7 miles Harberts Road, Little Grove Field, Harlow, CM19 4BU The Downs Primary School and Nursery Primary 3.8 miles Greenhills, Harlow, CM20 3RB St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School Primary 3.8 miles N/A, Great Amwell, Ware, SG12 9SE Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Walfords Close, Old Harlow, CM17 0DA Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery Primary 3.9 miles Cooks Spinney, Harlow, CM20 3BW Mark Hall Academy Secondary 4 miles First Avenue, Harlow, CM17 9LR The John Warner School Secondary 4.3 miles Stanstead Road, Hoddesdon, EN11 0QF Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Broadmeads, Ware, SG12 9HY Middleton School 4.4 miles Walnut Tree Walk, Ware, SG12 9PD Inspected: 26 June 2024 Harlow Fields School and College 4.4 miles Tendring Road, Harlow, CM18 6RN Sir Frederick Gibberd College Secondary 4.4 miles Tendring Road, Harlow, CM18 6RN Forres Primary Academy Primary 4.5 miles Stanstead Road, Hoddesdon, EN11 0RW Hailey Hall School 4.5 miles Hailey Lane, Hertford, SG13 7PB Little Hadham Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Stortford Road, Little Hadham, Ware, SG11 2DX Richard Whittington Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Thornbera Gardens, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3NP Saint Nicholas School 4.7 miles Hobbs Cross Road, Essex, CM17 0NJ William Martin Church of England Infant and Nursery School Primary 4.7 miles Tawneys Road, Harlow, CM18 6PN Roselands Primary School Primary 4.9 miles High Wood Road, Hoddesdon, EN11 9AR Pear Tree Mead Academy Primary 5 miles Pear Tree Mead, Harlow, CM18 7BY