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Secondary · WD18 · Hertfordshire

Watford Grammar School for Boys

Rickmansworth Road, Watford, WD18 7JF

WATFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Outstanding

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedOutstanding
Attendance94.8%
AttainmentProgress 8: +0.72
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils1590

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Outstanding

Latest visit (Jun 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — inclusion, curriculum and teaching, achievement, personal development and wellbeing, leadership and governance and post-16 provision exceptional; attendance and behaviour strong standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedOutstanding

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in WD18. Where we have them, council (Watford) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1590
Free school meals
6.5%
12% below district average (18.5%)

Also: England 25.8%

SEN
10.5%
10.1% below district average (20.6%)

Also: England 16.5%

EAL
21.8%
30.8% below district average (52.6%)
Attendance
94.8%
0.5% below district average (95.3%)

Also: England 91.9%

Persistent absence
15.5%
Progress 8
+0.72 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
68.9
Grade 5+ English & maths
83.3%
Grade 4+ English & maths
90.5%
Entered for EBacc
95.9%
EBacc average point score
6.8

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the WD18 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2197.7%
  • 2021/2295.4%
  • 2022/2394.3%
  • 2023/2494.2%
  • 2024/2594.3%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
1265
Pupils on roll
1590

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Hertfordshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
10.5%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates