Watford Grammar School for Boys

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 13 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
136276
Address
Rickmansworth Road, WD18 7JF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1557 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
21.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
4.3%
Persistent absence
11.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.8%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 30.4%
White British 16.6%
Pakistani 14.6%
Other Asian 13%
Mixed 8%
Other White 6.6%
African 3.2%
Chinese 2.7%
Other 2.5%
Unclassified 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Caribbean 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.75
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 96%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 91%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 68.8
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.75
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE23
BiologyGCSE171
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE170
ChineseGCSE1
Classical CivilisationGCSE24
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE100
Design & TechnologyGCSE58
English LanguageGCSE227
English LiteratureGCSE224
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Watford Grammar School for Boys

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
214
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
363
2nd preference
254
3rd preference
174
From another Local Authority
283
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
173
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
41
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
226
226
0
Year 8
224
224
0
Year 9
225
225
0
Year 10
224
224
0
Year 11
224
224
0
Year 12
247
247
0
Year 13
187
187
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
11.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
87.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
89.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
60.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
58.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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