Watford Grammar School for Boys
Ofsted: Exceptional
Score
B81
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Watford, WD18 7JF
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Watford Grammar School for Girls
Lady's Close, Watford, WD18 0AE
Local ranking6th of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1450
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Girls
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 5 March 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 65.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 79.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 87.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 211
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 94.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 10.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B
Avg A-Level Grade
39.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
39.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
204
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 27.9% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 384
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1429
- Girls
- 1427 (100%)
- Capacity
- 1450 (98% full)
- SEND
- 4.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 7.2%
- EAL
- 31.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.9%
- SEN Support
- 3.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,406/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Indian: 32.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 15.6%
- Asian Other: 14.3%
- White British: 13.9%
- White Other: 5.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.7%
- Black African: 3.7%
- Asian Chinese: 3.1%
32.6%
Asian Indian
15.6%
Asian Pakistani
14.3%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Lady's Close
Watford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 136289
- UKPRN
- 10031380
- Establishment No.
- 5403
- Trust
- WATFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
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