Set out below are the areas with most unsatisfied demand as at the end of last month

The number is the ‘non-ranked allocation’: ie where parents have been allocated a school they did not want. There are incidentally already 250 mobile classrooms in the county – a testament to poor planning down the years.

65    –    St. Albans                           
64    –    Watford
42    –    Welwyn Garden City
41    –    Elstree and Borehamwood
35    –    Harpenden
28    –    Hemel Hempstead
25    –    Watford Rural
17    –    Potters Bar
15    –    Hatfield
14    –    Bushey
12    –    Abbots Langley