Future Academies Watford, Watford

In 2026, pupils at Future Academies Watford averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.6 in Hertfordshire and 47 across England.

40% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 53% in Hertfordshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 39.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.16: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 34.6, against 47.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Art and Design and History.

For September 2026 entry, 102 families put Future Academies Watford as their first choice and 298 named it as one of their preferences, for 266 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Future Academies Watford are Saint Michael's Catholic High School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 48.8); Parmiter's School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 65); Queens' School (2.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 56.2); and Watford Grammar School for Boys (3.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 66.3).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Future Academies Watford.

Future Academies Watford is one of 11 schools run by Future Academies, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.1 in 2024/25.

78 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Future Academies Watford (as of September 2025): 82% would recommend the school, 87% say their child is happy there and 72% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (91%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (72%).

Of the 197 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 59% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 46 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 65% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 28% into work. 4% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 128 pupils (12.1%) received SEN support and 29 (2.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Garston (Herts) Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Future Academies Watford (outside), 60 metres away.

In 2024/25, Future Academies Watford issued 452 suspensions, 44.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Future Academies Watford are St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles), Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery (0.4 miles), Coates Way JMI and Nursery School (0.6 miles) and Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.