Future Academies Watford
Secondary schoolFuture Academies Watford is a secondary school in Watford, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,060 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 29 April 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Future Academies Watford was 42.6, against 53.3 in Watford and 46.2 in England.
40% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Watford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 42.6 | 53.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% | 60.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56.9% | 73.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 195 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Garston Manor SchoolSpecial. School remains Good, October 2022140 m
- Saint Michael's Catholic High SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 48.8 (2025/26, provisional)470 m
- St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)480 m
- Alban Wood Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Good (overall), December 2023. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)570 m
- Parmiter's SchoolSecondary. Outstanding (overall), July 2024. Attainment 8 of 65.0 (2025/26, provisional)620 m
- Coates Way JMI and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)960 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Watford
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).