# Watford Grammar School for Boys

Watford Grammar School for Boys is a secondary school in Watford, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 1,590 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E136276. [Watford](https://openindex.co.uk/watford)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,590
- Council: Watford
- URN: 136276

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 14 April 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching: Exceptional
- Achievement: Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Exceptional
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Exceptional
- Leadership and governance: Exceptional
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Watford Grammar School for Boys was 66.3, against 53.3 in Watford and 46.2 in England.
84.4% 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 | 66.3 | 53.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 84.4% | 60.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 91.1% | 73.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 224 | – | – |

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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Chater Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chater-infant-school-e117159): 440 m. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024
- [Chessbrook Education Support Centre](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chessbrook-education-support-centre-e130349): 740 m. Pupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Outstanding, February 2024
- [West Herts College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-herts-college-e130720): 780 m. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Chater Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chater-junior-school-e117158): 800 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Lanchester Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lanchester-primary-school-e140954): 810 m. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Ascot Road Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ascot-road-primary-school-e140956): 820 m. Primary. Good (overall), May 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/136276)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/136276)

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