Watford Grammar School for Girls A GSG School
- Watford Grammar School for Girls
Lady's Close
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD18 0AE - Head: Sylvia Tai
- T 01923 223403
- F 01923 350721
- E admin@watfordgirls.herts.sch.uk
- W www.watfordgra…orgirls.org.uk
- A state school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Hertfordshire
- Pupils: 1,200; sixth formers: 400
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Open days: October
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Outstanding 1
- 16-19 study programmes Outstanding 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Outstanding 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1
- 1 Full inspection 4th October 2007
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
It’s seen as ‘cool’ to work hard and effort is rewarded as much as attainment at the annual prize giving. Pupils set their own personal targets each term, with staff setting them clear academic expectations. Loads of opportunities for sports enthusiasts from year 10 upwards to help coach their younger peers in anything from swimming to football – one year 10 girl took it upon herself to start a club for year 7 girls who hadn’t made it into the netball team – typical of the get up and go ethos that oozes from every corner of the school...
What the school says...
A high achieving academic school we have national accreditation as a training school for the De Bono thinking skills. We are accredited by Exeter University as a 'Thinking School' and have held the Charter Mark and Investors in People for 14 years. We have ArtsMark Gold. We have the Religious Studies Gold Quality Mark and the Geography Secondary School Quality Mark. We are a Beacon School for Holocaust Education
Girls work in a challenging and supportive environment and are expected to fulfil their potential. A wide variety of extended curricular activities is available. There is a close working partnership with Watford Boys Grammar School particularly in the large Sixth Form of 400 girls. ...Read more
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2015 Good Schools Guide Awards
- Best performance by Girls taking Biology at an English Comprehensive School (Level1/2 certificates)
- Excellent performance by Girls taking Music at an English Comprehensive School (GCSE)
2016 Good Schools Guide Awards
- Best performance by Girls taking Chemistry at an English Comprehensive School (Level1/2 certificates)
- Best performance by Girls taking Physics at an English Comprehensive School (Level1/2 certificates)
- Best performance by Girls taking History at an English Comprehensive School (Cambridge Int Certificate Level 1/Level 2)
- Best performance by Girls taking German at an English Comprehensive School (Edexcel Certificates)
- Best performance by Girls taking Classical Civilisation at an English Comprehensive School (GCSE Full Course)
- Best performance by Girls taking Latin at an English Comprehensive School (GCSE Full Course)
What The Good Schools Guide says
Acting headteacher
Sylvia Tai, deputy head, is holding the reins during 2017/18, following the departure of previous head Clare Wagner for personal reasons.
Academic matters
School unapologetic about its fast pace and openly urges prospective parents to ‘choose carefully’, although parents told us there is ‘definitely give and take’ once girls are in situ. When pressed about SEN, defers immediately to the ethos of treating the most rather than least able as having extra needs: ‘we drive girls hard and never accept the minimum.’ Girls across multiple year groups uniformly (and with pride) use the word ‘challenging’ when asked to describe their school. Whilst bright pupils clearly thrive in this environment, the least able may be less well suited. However, there is a learning enrichment department to support for girls with learning difficulties – ‘we do the...
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Special Education Needs
We maintain a register of more able pupils and one for gifted and talented pupils so that teachers are able to plan differentiated work and extension activities. The school has a learning support register with approximately 50 girls, the majority of whom have mild or very mild learning disorders such as dyslexia.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Aspergers Syndrome [archived] | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders [archived] | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Delicate Medical Problems [archived] | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Epilepsy [archived] | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | Y |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| Not Applicable | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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