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Parmiter's School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,496Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136899URN

High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, WD25 0UU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
6.8per place
3.9 above Hertfordshire median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hertfordshire

1,400 applications for 205 places · 2nd of 77 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
65.0of 90
6th of 78 in Hertfordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 3 July 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
6.8applications per place, Year 7
3.9 above Hertfordshire median (3.0) 4.6 above England median (2.2)

1,400 applications · 205 places offered · 486 named it first

  1. 2026 6.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  2. 2025 7.3; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  3. 2024 6.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  4. 2023 6.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  5. 2022 7.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  6. 2021 8.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  7. 2020 6.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  8. 2019 7.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.2
  9. 2018 6.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  10. 2017 6.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  11. 2016 7.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
  12. 2015 7.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  13. 2014 7.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262051,4006.84862.37
Sep 20251981,4517.35562.81
Sep 20242001,3806.94952.48
Sep 20232041,3816.84742.32
Sep 20222131,5177.14902.30
Sep 20212011,6398.24812.39
Sep 20202031,3906.94182.06
Sep 20192011,4037.04512.24
Sep 20182021,3926.93961.96
Sep 20172061,3836.73841.86
Sep 20162071,4657.14572.21
Sep 20152061,4497.04532.20
Sep 20142051,4647.14021.96

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

206 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)65.06th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths78%8th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths86%
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.74
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20665.078%86%–
2024/2520866.581%90%–
2023/2421168.383%94%+0.74
2022/2320663.577%91%+0.50

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

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  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136899 · 919/5404
Trust
Parmiter's School
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,392 pupils · 1,496 on roll
Free school meals
6.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2011
Replaced
Parmiter's School (URN 117576)
Address
High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, WD25 0UU
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Three Rivers

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources