Future Academies Watford
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C55
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Watford, WD25 7HW
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Saint Michael's Catholic High School
High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, WD25 0SS
Local ranking29th of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1103
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 4 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 50.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 48.9% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.6 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 178
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Higher education
- 47.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 21.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.7
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
84
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 9.4% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 215
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1121
- Boys
- 592 (53%)
- Girls
- 529 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1103 (102% full)
- SEND
- 12.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.7%
- EAL
- 7.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 10.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 59.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,434/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 56.9%
- White Other: 15.7%
- Black African: 5.7%
- White Irish: 5.5%
- Asian Other: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.6%
- Asian Indian: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.7%
56.9%
White British
15.7%
White Other
5.7%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
High Elms Lane
Watford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137922
- UKPRN
- 10036754
- Establishment No.
- 5417
- Trust
- THE DIOCESE OF WESTMINSTER ACADEMY TRUST
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