Watchlytes Primary School
Watchlytes, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2AZ
158 pupils · 66% of 240 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- IVY LEARNING TRUST
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Free school meals
- 33.3%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 9 December 2025, published 1 February 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 76% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 4% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.84 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 19 | 16 | 46 | 17 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 21 | 16 | 45 | 18 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 17 | 13 | 53 | 15 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 14 | 11 | 29 | 11 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Springmead Primary School 0.6 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Panshanger Primary School 0.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School 0.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Holwell Primary School 1.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- The Holy Family Catholic Primary School 1.6 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Commonswood Primary & Nursery School 1.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.