UK Schools
Parmiter's School
Parmiter's School is a mixed secondary academy in Watford, Hertfordshire County Council, teaching 1,496 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its last graded inspection in July 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 66.5 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 24 October 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Parmiter's School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Parmiter's School.
- 3 Staff INSET (school closed to students, except Year 12 A Level Maths Assessment)
- 4 Staff INSET (school closed to students)
- 5 Year 7 & Year 12 Induction Day, Year 11 Study Skills (school closed to other years)
- 8 Lessons begin for all year groups
- 24 Autumn Term First Half Ends
- 3 Autumn Term Second Half Begins
- 20 Condensed Teaching Day (school finishes early)
- 21 Occasional Day (Queen’s Holiday - school closed)
- 19 Autumn Term Second Half Ends
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Spring Term First Half Begins
- 13 Spring Term First Half Ends
- 23 Staff INSET (school closed to students)
- 24 Spring Term Second Half Begins
- 27 Spring Term Second Half Ends
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 Summer Term First Half Begins
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (school closed)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 22 Summer Term First Half Ends
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 Staff INSET (school closed except for GCSE & A Level exams)
- 2 Summer Term Second Half Begins
- 17 Summer Term Second Half Ends
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 20–23 Staff INSET (disaggregated - school closed)
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff INSET (school closed to students, except Year 12 A Level Maths Assessment) Sep 3, 2025 Inset Day
- Staff INSET (school closed to students) Sep 4, 2025 Inset Day
- Year 7 & Year 12 Induction Day, Year 11 Study Skills (school closed to other years) Sep 5, 2025 Event
- Lessons begin for all year groups Sep 8, 2025 Event
- Autumn Term First Half Ends Oct 24, 2025 Term
- Autumn Term Second Half Begins Nov 3, 2025 Term
- Condensed Teaching Day (school finishes early) Nov 20, 2025 Event
- Occasional Day (Queen’s Holiday - school closed) Nov 21, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term Second Half Ends Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Spring Term First Half Begins Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Term First Half Ends Feb 13, 2026 Term
- Staff INSET (school closed to students) Feb 23, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Term Second Half Begins Feb 24, 2026 Term
- Spring Term Second Half Ends Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Summer Term First Half Begins Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday (school closed) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term First Half Ends May 22, 2026 Term
- Staff INSET (school closed except for GCSE & A Level exams) Jun 1, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Term Second Half Begins Jun 2, 2026 Term
- Summer Term Second Half Ends Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Staff INSET (disaggregated - school closed) Jul 20-23, 2026 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Jul 18 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday 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
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Parmiter's School with Hertfordshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 66.5 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 40.58 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 17.3% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 98% 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 90% 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 Parmiter's School. 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 Parmiter's School 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.