Primary schools in Watford

Download coordinates as: This article provides brief details of primary schools in the borough of Watford in Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

Some Watford children attend schools in the neighbouring boroughs of Three Rivers and Hertsmere.

They were joined in 1859 by British schools, initially in Red Lion Yard and later moving to Sotheron Road (girls) and Beechen Grove (boys).

[3] St Mary's National Schools closed in 1922, and the site is now occupied by the multi-storey Church car park.

[4] The Watford school board was established in 1883, and was chaired by Edward Mitchell Chater throughout its existence.

[2] The original Chater Schools, named after Edward Chater, consisted of two separate buildings on the site now occupied by the infants school, with juniors entering from Southsea Avenue, and infants from Harwoods Road.

Watford Grammar School for Girls resided in the smaller building next door in the same period.

)[10] The school badge is based on that of the Watford Central School, which featured a crosslet fitchy and a scallop, details from the arms of Capell (Earl of Essex) and Villiers (Earl of Clarendon) respectively, though the crosslet has since been altered to a sword.

[11][12] A proposal to open a one-form entry Muslim school in Tolpits Lane, West Watford has been approved by Hertfordshire County Council and passed to the Department for Children, Schools and Families for a final decision.