Watford Grammar School for Boys
Ofsted: Exceptional
Score
B81
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Watford, WD18 7JF
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Croxley Danes School
Baldwins Lane, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, WD3 3LR
Local ranking43rd of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1206
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 24 February 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 51.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 61.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 76.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 175
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
30.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
106
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 5.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 22.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 184
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1082
- Boys
- 495 (47%)
- Girls
- 554 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1206 (87% full)
- SEND
- 18.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.5%
- EAL
- 26.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.0%
- SEN Support
- 13.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,776/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
- 8.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 48.8%
- White Other: 9.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 8.9%
- Asian Indian: 8.5%
- Asian Other: 4.8%
- Black African: 4.8%
- Mixed Other: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.3%
48.8%
White British
9.4%
White Other
8.9%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Baldwins Lane
Rickmansworth, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 144402
- UKPRN
- 10064752
- Establishment No.
- 4025
- Trust
- DANES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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