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Parmiter’s School

Partially selective

National rank

138=

Rank last year

71^%

A-level

55.4^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Anthony Smith

Attendance 94.8%

Gender of entry Mixed

Send pupils* 13.5% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,498

Pupils on free school meals 9.2%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

12.2

25.3

33.5

A*/A

37.5

A*-B

Grade

9/8

37.2

18.2

9/8/7

55.4

What the school inspection says

“Throughout the school, including the sixth form, pupils thrive. They receive an exceptional standard of education. Not only do pupils achieve high academic success, but they also develop into well-rounded, active members of society. This does not happen by chance. Pupils prosper, in large part, because they are so well integrated into the Parmiter’s family. The remarkable co-curricular offer, which is an integral part of school life, helps to create this thriving school community … The school’s purposeful ‘pursuit of excellence’ and academic rigour enables pupils to excel. Pupils quickly learn the skills they require to be successful in their studies. They love completing the challenging work that they are given.”

Inspection

2024

In detail *

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*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

The enormous breadth of the extracurricular programme is a strength of Parmiter’s in Watford, Hertfordshire. Many clubs are run by sixth-formers.
The school was established as a boys’ grammar, in the east end of London, from the will of the silk merchant Thomas Parmiter in 1681. Today’s non-selective coeducational school has six houses, which are the focus of competition in poetry, art and sports.
Language exchanges with schools in France, Spain and Germany create some of the opportunities to travel. Senior students have also taken expeditions to Bolivia, Mongolia and Tanzania.
A charitable trust offers financial support to any families in financial hardship to help with costs for school transport, music lessons, the school’s one-to-one device scheme and educational trips.

admin@parmiters.herts.sch.uk

Telephone

01923 671 424

Website

parmiters.herts.sch.uk

Address

High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, WD25 0UU

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