School Summary

Watford Grammar School for Boys


Boys: 1516
Girls: 0
Total Pupils: 1516
Opened: 01-09-2010
Ofsted: Outstanding
Headmaster: Ian Cooksey
Watford Grammar School for Boys
Rickmansworth Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD18 7JF
Telephone: 01923208900
Website: http://www.watfordboys.org

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AdministrativeWard (code): E05011053
AdministrativeWard (name): Park
AdmissionsPolicy (code): 4
AdmissionsPolicy (name): Non-selective
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CensusDate: 20-01-2022
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County (name): Hertfordshire
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Diocese (code): 0002
Diocese (name): Diocese is not trustees
DistrictAdministrative (code): E07000103
DistrictAdministrative (name): Watford
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Easting: 509789
EdByOther (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentAccredited (code): 0
EstablishmentAccredited (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentName: Watford Grammar School for Boys
EstablishmentNumber: 5401
EstablishmentStatus (code): 1
EstablishmentStatus (name): Open
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GOR (name): East of England
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Gender (code): 1
Gender (name): Boys
HeadFirstName: Ian
HeadLastName: Cooksey
HeadPreferredJobTitle: Headmaster
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LA (name): Hertfordshire
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LastChangedDate: 02-05-2023
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NumberOfBoys: 1516
NumberOfGirls: 0
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OfficialSixthForm (code): 1
OfficialSixthForm (name): Has a sixth form
OfstedLastInsp: 14-10-2021
OfstedRating (name): Outstanding
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OpenDate: 01-09-2010
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ParliamentaryConstituency (name): Watford
PercentageFSM: 5.10
PhaseOfEducation (code): 4
PhaseOfEducation (name): Secondary
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RSCRegion (name): North-West London and South-Central England
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ReligiousCharacter (name): Church of England
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SchoolCapacity: 1496
SchoolSponsorFlag (name): Linked to a sponsor
SchoolSponsors (name): Watford Grammar School for Boys
SchoolWebsite: http://www.watfordboys.org
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SpecialClasses (code): 2
SpecialClasses (name): No Special Classes
StatutoryHighAge: 18
StatutoryLowAge: 11
Street: Rickmansworth Road
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TelephoneNum: 01923208900
Town: Watford
TrustSchoolFlag (code): 5
TrustSchoolFlag (name): Supported by a single-academy trust
Trusts (code): 5230
Trusts (name): WATFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS
TypeOfEstablishment (code): 34
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UKPRN: 10031379
UPRN: 200000931015
URN: 136276
UrbanRural (code): A1
UrbanRural (name): (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"It is a very nice school, which gives you good facilities. The teachers are very nice, and help the students very well. If there was an improvement, I would say that they keep the minibuses clean, because those veichles stink, and are really manky.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"It is a very nice school, which gives you good facilities. The teachers are very nice, and help the students very well. If there was an improvement, I would say that they keep the minibuses clean, because those veichles stink, and are really manky.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Pankaj Marathe","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/113267597699693365398\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocKLk8P0QLr9OvrrTZxZciXDT8J0dxbQm5GnVXAx9leG=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2020-05-17T17:18:29Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"An emotionless place that prides itself on kicking you when you are down. The teachers in the sciences department are subpar. I wasted many days during my A - Levels, listening to teachers read out of textbooks without ever really teaching us the subject themselves. However there were a few good teachers. These were mostly in the History and English departments.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"An emotionless place that prides itself on kicking you when you are down. The teachers in the sciences department are subpar. I wasted many days during my A - Levels, listening to teachers read out of textbooks without ever really teaching us the subject themselves. However there were a few good teachers. These were mostly in the History and English departments.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Zain .Yousuf","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/116959798302619815718\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjVzxF6QpgH_fyPwtCFC-GFvPXgrLUoyIu6bAAUnI3X8nNw=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2020-08-20T10:14:25Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"! I askd for a blody marshmellow and a pack of a match attacks IN MY HoT CHACOLATE! JUST one! and she gove me 4 marshmellows! And that for me is just not accep table and for me 5 stars is overrated so im sory for giving th gift of ine star im very upser rn plz SORT THUS OUT","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"! I askd for a blody marshmellow and a pack of a match attacks IN MY HoT CHACOLATE! JUST one! and she gove me 4 marshmellows! And that for me is just not accep table and for me 5 stars is overrated so im sory for giving th gift of ine star im very upser rn plz SORT THUS OUT","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Jack Aitch","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/106496728448005476554\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocIRFZb609r6gx-5k5i6UqCp6xJesYnXWNVbYEy69oIG=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-11-02T09:43:39Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"School is okay, wouldn't say its the best. Teachers care baout your education though homework when given to be marked takes forever to be marked by teachers. There is a teacher in economics, Miss Shah, she only favours white people and is very disrespectful.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"School is okay, wouldn't say its the best. Teachers care baout your education though homework when given to be marked takes forever to be marked by teachers. There is a teacher in economics, Miss Shah, she only favours white people and is very disrespectful.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Pankaj Bhatt","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/108124833761793197114\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjV6xMsxlyr2rLRxnUXrOgLMF87PRdrhnqhyaDUPafCX1w=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2018-03-02T11:44:35Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"6 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"Sperate parati is - surely - better rendered \"Prepare yourselves and hope for the best\"?","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Sperate parati is - surely - better rendered \"Prepare yourselves and hope for the best\"?","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Pierre Durand","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/110045068398437001635\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocLSUsR0FPL6SLdyeMsvsc0cT4GcHWjbEd3VhHkJfE3T=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-09-03T13:24:37Z"}]