all the state-funded primary schools in watford are co-educational. under an earlier system, schools were divided into infant schools, covering reception and years 1 and 2, and junior schools, covering years 3 to 6. most such schools have amalgamated to form junior mixed infant schools or (equivalently) primary schools, and all new schools are of this type. within the municipal borough, there are now 6 linked pairs of infant schools and junior schools, and 14 jmi or primary schools, of which 2 are roman catholic.