# Watford Grammar School for Girls — Watford, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/watford/watford-grammar-school-for-girls-12042 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 2.7/5 from 12 published reviews - **Founded:** 1704 ## Contact - **Address:** Cobden Hill, Watford, WD18 7PZ - **Phone:** 161451189 - **Website:** http://www.watfordgrammarschoolforgirls.org.uk/ - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/watford/watford-grammar-school-for-girls-12042 ## About Nurturing independent, creative and ambitious young women. Building up a long tradition of academic excellence, our modern curriculum empowers our students to be the best they can be. ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Outstanding — Mar 2024 - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Outstanding — Mar 2024 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Outstanding — Mar 2024 - **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Outstanding — Mar 2024 - **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Outstanding — Mar 2024 ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — I hate you all: Terrible school. Allows the quiet ones to suffer in silence and takes the wrong sides, enabling the real problem students to get away with their horrible behaviour. *(Jun 2024)* - **4/5** — Broke 🫵: It’s a decent enough school, with good education and a great sense of community, the only thing i will say about it is that the school is broke. *(Nov 2022)* - **1/5** — Needs to change: I came to this school with hope; but huge anxiety as this was a world unknown. When I realised cliques were forming quickly, many were left in a corner with nothing but hope of the day to finish. (myself included). No one tried to change that dynamic. Bulimia and Anorexia ran riot throughout the school and I remember clearly - Ms B*******s and other teachers bring us to an assembly. "Girls stop throwing up in the toilets - you're blocking the pipes". Nothing else was addressed. I had my skirt pu… *(Nov 2022)* - **5/5** — WGGS for life: it is the best place ever!!!! the teachers are so nice and caring, and the students are so talented, hardworking, kind and so supportive *(Sep 2022)* - **5/5** — An amazing education for my daughter: My daughter has thrived at Watford Grammar School for Girls. The school's values of independence, creativity, and ambition have been instilled in her, and she is now a confident young woman. The facilities are excellent, and the staff are always supportive. *(Jun 2022)* - **4/5** — A mixed experience so far: Our daughter is still in her first year at Watford Grammar School for Girls, and while we are pleased with the school's emphasis on STEM subjects, we have encountered some difficulties with communication from the school. We hope that these issues will be resolved as the year progresses. *(Mar 2022)* - **5/5** — Wonderful experience for my daughters: We have two daughters who attended Watford Grammar School for Girls, and we couldn't be prouder of the women they have become. The school's focus on academic excellence, as well as extracurricular activities, helped them develop a love of learning that will last a lifetime. *(Dec 2021)* - **1/5** — Terrible: very high pressure environment - students often end up suffering with poor mental health and receive little to no pastoral support as most teacher have only expressed concern for grades. emphasis is placed on STEM minded students and is not a welcoming environment to disabled/SEN students either. many teachers regularly bully children over small, useless rules such as only accepting white socks (and no other color) for PE. high amounts of homework and pressure many of the students have turned to… *(Sep 2021)* - **5/5** — Amazing part of my life: Amazing school full of kind, hardworking and intelligent peers. We have good ethos and value wellbeing for ourselves as well as others through various charitable events that we can take part in. The teachers are very able, as well as fun and funny! As a student, as long as u avoid a certain teacher whose name rhymes with pie, you will have no problem with staff (who are friendly) and you will have the best time of your life here. Honestly its an amazing place to be and I feel comfortable and saf… *(Aug 2021)* - **1/5** — extremely poor: absolutely do not recommend!!! this school is a terrible and damaging place to send your girls, putting so much pressure and standards too high to reach. they have clearly no clue what to do when it comes to neurodivergent or independent students as the school relies on fear to keep its students in shape. the head teacher is a harsh woman and has no sympathy for the girls attending. do not send your daughter here! *(Apr 2021)* ## Other schools in Watford - [Westfield Academy](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/watford/westfield-academy-15072) — 1.9/5 (17 reviews) - [Parmiter's School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/watford/parmiters-school-12540) — 2.3/5 (8 reviews) - [Garston Manor School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/watford/garston-manor-school-7229) — 3.6/5 (7 reviews) - [Leavesden JMI School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/watford/leavesden-jmi-school-7050) — 4.5/5 (5 reviews) - [Watford Grammar School for Boys](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/watford/watford-grammar-school-for-boys-12032) — 4.5/5 (5 reviews) - [Oxhey Nursery School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/watford/oxhey-nursery-school-6892) — 4.8/5 (4 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. 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