All Saints Infants School was established in 1846. The premises of the School of Industry were acquired in 1902, later to become known as Faudel Phillips Infants School.

The Cowper Testimonial School was opened in 1841 and named after Henry Cowper, who financied and equipped The Infirmary (later to become Hertford County Hospital). In 1861 the girls were moved to a new school about 100 metres to the East of what is now Abel Smith JMI. The premises in London Road remained in use until 1957, when the pupils were moved to the new school at Balls Park. The buildings have now been demolished. The old girls school remains as a nursery school (shown right).

Gabriel Newton established The Green Coat School in about 1762, although the exact location is unknown.In 1812 it moved into premises opposite All Saints Church. In 1867/8 the school moved again to new premises in Old London Road. In 1894 the school closed and the buildings were eventually sold to Neale's Garage.

Richard Hale has one the longest histories of any school in Hertford. Hale's Grammar School was founded by Richard Hale in 1617 close to what is now All Saints Church. In 1930 the school moved to new premises in Peg's Lane under the auspices of the local educational authority. In the late sixties the school relinquished it's grammar school status and became comprehensive. It is now one of three secondary schools in the town. The original building survives to this day.

The Ragged School in Butcherly Green was provided for children of poor families in 1859, many of whom lived close by. The money for the school was provided by William Pollard, who kept a drapers shop (now Gravesons). The school closed in 1877 and was latterly a Salvation Army Hall. The building was demolished following the closure of the bus station in the 1980s.

The School of Industry for Girls opened in 1793 by three members of The Society Of Friends. The aim of the school was to prepare pupils for service in large houses. In 1850 the school moved to new premises which now forms part of Abel Smith JMI.

St.Andrews School opened in 1882 in Hertingfordbury Road. In 1931 it moved to the new Sele Farm Estate.

St.Joseph's Convent School appears to have opened around the turn of the century in St.John's Street. In 1952 the premises were converted into flats and the school moved to Hertingfordbury.