Academy · Hertfordshire
Watford Grammar School for Boys
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Boys
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Term dates checked
Term dates
This school's own term dates broadly match Hertfordshire council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: as a Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 396 families put this school as their first choice, and 211 places were offered. 173 of the families who put it first got a place (44%). More families put it first than there were places.
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 211 | 396 | 44% |
| September 2025 | 215 | 387 | 47% |
| September 2024 | 214 | 363 | 48% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- Ali's Academy. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 14 April 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching
- Exceptional
- Achievement
- Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Sixth form
- Exceptional
- Leadership and governance
- Exceptional
Safeguarding standards: met.
Previous inspection, 13 October 2021. Overall: Outstanding
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1590 (capacity 1496)
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese is not trustees
- Academy trust
- WATFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS
- Phone
- 01923208900
- Address
- Rickmansworth Road, Watford, WD18 7JF
- Website
- watfordboys.org
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.