Watchlytes Primary School | School performance

76%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

158

Pupils · 2024/25

18%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

76%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

158

Pupils · 2024/25

18%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

76%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

158

Pupils · 2024/25

18%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Inadequate

Ofsted inspection · 28/09/2021

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityHertfordshire

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio16.7:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Watchlytes Primary School · Primary · Hertfordshire

Part ofIVY LEARNING TRUST

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2022/23

RWM expected standard

76%

+9pp

76%72%67%

'24'25

'25 · 76%

RWM higher standard

-17pp

21%13%4%

'24'25

'25 · 4%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

76%

Reading higher standard

24%

Writing expected standard

76%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

84%

Maths higher standard

12%

Science expected standard

88%

SPAG expected standard

68%

SPAG higher standard

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

104.0

GPS scaled score

100.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

158

Pupil : teacher ratio

16.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

18%

FSM eligible

32%

SEN

20%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

14%

Contact

Address

Watchlytes, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2AZ

Local authority

Hertfordshire

Website

watchlytesprimary.org

Telephone

01707886222

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	76%	4%	76%	24%	76%	4%	84%	12%	88%	68%	103.0	104.0	100.0	—	—	—	20%	158
2023/24	67%	21%	75%	50%	83%	21%	79%	33%	88%	75%	107.0	106.0	105.0	—	—	—	21%	183
2022/23	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	20%	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	158	16.4	20%	18%	32%	6%	14%
2023/24	183	19.2	21%	16%	32%	6%	15%
2022/23	220	—	20%	14%	33%	7%	22%