UK Schools
Future Academies Watford
Future Academies Watford is a mixed secondary academy in Watford, Hertfordshire County Council, teaching 1,060 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in April 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 39.8 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 17 holidays and 5 INSET days.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Future Academies Watford.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Future Academies Watford.
- 1 Staff INSET Day
- 2 Staff INSET Day
- 3 School Starts for Students
- 16 School breaks for half term
- 17 Staff INSET Day
- 20–31 Autumn Half Term
- 3 Students return to school
- 8 Staff INSET Day
- 19 School finishes for Christmas Break
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day (Bank Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Bank Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day (Bank Holiday)
- 5 Staff INSET Day
- 6 School Starts for Students
- 13 School breaks for half term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 23 Students return to school
- 27 School finishes for Easter Break
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
- 13 Summer Term Starts
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 22 School breaks for half term
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 Students return to school
- 20 School finishes for Summer
- 21 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff INSET Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Staff INSET Day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- School Starts for Students Sep 3, 2025 Event
- School breaks for half term Oct 16, 2025 Holiday
- Staff INSET Day Oct 17, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term Oct 20-31, 2025 Holiday
- Students return to school Nov 3, 2025 Event
- Staff INSET Day Dec 8, 2025 Inset Day
- School finishes for Christmas Break Dec 19, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Staff INSET Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- School Starts for Students Jan 6, 2026 Event
- School breaks for half term Feb 13, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Students return to school Feb 23, 2026 Event
- School finishes for Easter Break Mar 27, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Starts Apr 13, 2026 Term
- School breaks for half term May 22, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Students return to school Jun 1, 2026 Event
- School finishes for Summer Jul 20, 2026 Event
- Summer Holiday Jul 21 - Early Sep, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
- New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Bank Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Future Academies Watford with Hertfordshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 39.8 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 30.26 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 24.9% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 94% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 87% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Future Academies Watford. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Future Academies Watford than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.