Watling View School

State-Funded School

watling-view-school-hertfordshire-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

St AlbansConstituency

AL1 2NUPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Watling View School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Hertfordshire, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 115 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

46%

Asian

30%

Black

10%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Pupils

115

Total Pupils

67%Boys

33%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

37%

England average

27%

First language not English

41%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 115
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 30 April 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
6 Sept 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.