Schools in Welwyn Garden City

About schools in Welwyn Garden City

Welwyn Garden City lists 23 schools, most of them primary schools. Its three secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Another three schools provide for children with additional needs or alternative provision.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

65%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 17 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

45.1

average Attainment 8 score, across the 4 schools with published results

Nursery schools1

• Ludwick Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

Primary schools16

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Applecroft School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  78%

  expected standard
• Commonswood Primary & Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Creswick Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  40%

  expected standard
• Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Holwell Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• Homerswood Primary and Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Our Lady Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Panshanger Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Peartree Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  75%

  expected standard
• Springmead Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  52%

  expected standard
• St John's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School, Lemsford

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Templewood Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• The Holy Family Catholic Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

• Watchlytes Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  76%

  expected standard
• Waterside Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  64%

  expected standard

Secondary schools3

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Monk's Walk School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  50.8

  Attainment 8
• Ridgeway Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 18

  35.7

  Attainment 8
• Stanborough School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  47.9

  Attainment 8

Special schools and alternative provision3

• James Marks Academy

  Free schools special · Ages 11 to 18

• Knightsfield School

  Academy special converter · Ages 9 to 18

• Lakeside School

  Community special school · Ages 2 to 19

Common questions about schools in Welwyn Garden City

How many schools does Welwyn Garden City have?

OfferDay lists 23 schools in Welwyn Garden City, including 16 primary schools and three secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Welwyn Garden City?

Every school in Welwyn Garden City is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in Welwyn Garden City ranked?

OfferDay ranks schools in Welwyn Garden City where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 10 July 2026.