Potters Bar
| Name | Faith | Type | Gov | Opened | Intake | DCSF number | Ofsted | Web | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranborne | – | Primary | CY | 1933 | 60 | 2980 | 117369 | W | 51°41′59″N 0°11′57″W / 51.6998°N 0.1992°W / 51.6998; -0.1992 (Cranborne Primary School (Potters Bar)) |
| Ladbrooke | – | JMI | CY | 1861 | 30 | 2982 | 117370 | W | 51°41′46″N 0°10′47″W / 51.6962°N 0.1796°W / 51.6962; -0.1796 (Ladbrooke JMI School) |
| Oakmere | – | Primary | CY | 1958 | 60 | 2985 | 117371 | W | 51°41′40″N 0°09′52″W / 51.6945°N 0.1644°W / 51.6945; -0.1644 (Oakmere Primary School) |
| Pope Paul | RC | Primary | VA | 30 | 3975 | 117496 | W | 51°41′24″N 0°11′56″W / 51.6901°N 0.1988°W / 51.6901; -0.1988 (Pope Paul Catholic Primary School) | |
| St Giles' | CE | Primary | VA | 1870 | 15 | 5204 | 117564 | W | 51°41′42″N 0°13′54″W / 51.6949°N 0.2318°W / 51.6949; -0.2318 (St Giles' C of E Primary School) |
| The Wroxham | – | Primary | FD | 30 | 5206 | 117566 | W | 51°41′58″N 0°12′50″W / 51.6994°N 0.2140°W / 51.6994; -0.2140 (The Wroxham Primary School) |
The first National School to serve Potters Bar was erected on Barnet Road between St. Vincent's Way and Hill Rise, in October 1839. It was replaced in 1872 by St John's School, which lasted until 1954.
A new infants' school was built on the High Street in August 1861 by Rev. H.G. Watkins on his own land, and took over the infants from the national school. The building still stands, and is Grade II listed. It housed an expanded senior school from 1833 to 1938, after which it became an infant and junior school, renamed Ladbrooke School after the farm to the West of the High Street that had just been replaced by a housing estate. In April 1998 the school moved to new buildings on the site of the former Parkfield School (1938–1960). The new access road to the school was named Watkins Rise in memory of the school's founder.
A former school in the area was Sunnybank Primary School (1960–2007) 51°41′20″N 0°11′20″W / 51.6890°N 0.1889°W / 51.6890; -0.1889 (Sunnybank Primary School (closed 2007)).
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