Watchlytes Primary School
Primary schoolWatchlytes Primary School is a primary school in Welwyn Hatfield, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 158 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 9 December 2025
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
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 2024/25, 76% of pupils at Watchlytes Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% in England.
4% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Hertfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 4% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 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- Ridgeway AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 37.4 (2025/26, provisional)550 m
- Springmead Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2022. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)590 m
- Panshanger Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2023. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)720 m
- Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)920 m
- Holwell Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), January 2023. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- The Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, October 20241.6 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Welwyn Hatfield
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).