Watford Grammar School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 6 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
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
136289
Address
Lady's Close, WD18 0AE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1451 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
31.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.8%
Persistent absence
13.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.1%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 30.3%
White British 14.8%
Pakistani 14.2%
Other Asian 13.9%
Mixed 7.2%
Other White 5.4%
African 3.7%
Unclassified 3.7%
Chinese 2.5%
Other 2.3%
Bangladeshi 1%
Caribbean 0.8%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.7
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 78%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 86%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 67.6
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.36
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE18
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE16
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE143
ChemistryGCSE143
ChineseGCSE2
Classical CivilisationGCSE53
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE54
Design & TechnologyGCSE16
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Watford Grammar School for Girls

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
206
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
345
2nd preference
208
3rd preference
159
From another Local Authority
224
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
167
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
43
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 classes18.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
211
0
211
Year 8
210
0
210
Year 9
210
0
210
Year 10
210
0
210
Year 11
209
0
209
Year 12
205
0
205
Year 13
196
0
196
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
7.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
89.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
92.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
65.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
61.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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