Watchlytes Primary School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

Welwyn HatfieldConstituency

AL7 2AZPostcode

0.9

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Watchlytes Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Hertfordshire, East of England.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 158 pupils. Watchlytes Primary School is part of Ivy Learning Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 9 Dec 2025 · published 1 Feb 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Inadequate

Quality ofeducation

Inadequate

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Inadequate

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 67%
Higher standard: 21%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

78%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

158

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

33%

England average

27%

First language not English

19%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 158
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: Ivy Learning Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
2 Dec 2021	Inadequate	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Inadequate

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.