Parmiter's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Sept 22 2011 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
136899
Address
High Elms Lane, Garston, WD25 0UU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1451 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
22.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
6.2%
Persistent absence
25.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 38.2%
Indian 19.1%
Mixed 9.3%
Other White 8.7%
Other Asian 7.4%
African 5.7%
Pakistani 3.2%
Chinese 2.8%
Unclassified 2%
Other 1.5%
Caribbean 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.5
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 74%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 77%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 63.5
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.04
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE6
Art & DesignGCSE49
BiologyGCSE83
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE82
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE73
Design & TechnologyGCSE29
EconomicsGCSE53
English LanguageGCSE205
English LiteratureGCSE202
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Parmiter's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
200
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
495
2nd preference
387
3rd preference
262
From another Local Authority
177
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
175
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
6
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 classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
208
108
100
Year 8
224
122
102
Year 9
209
118
91
Year 10
209
113
96
Year 11
212
125
87
Year 12
202
84
118
Year 13
187
88
99
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
19.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
71.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
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
92.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
68.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
60.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
6.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
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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