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Watford Grammar School for Girls

Lady's Close, Watford, Hertfordshire WD18 0AE

Facts checked 13 October 2026By ExamKind Editorial Team

Can we apply, and what did it take?

For September 2027 entry

  • How places are decided

    By rank, no pass mark

    The school uses the test scores and its own admission arrangements.

    Checked, source: South West Herts Schools Consortium, checked

  • Year 7 places

    210

    2027 entry, Published Admission Number ()

    Checked, source: Watford Grammar School for Girls, checked

  • Last distance offered

    Not publishedWe have no checked figure for how far offers reached.

Your next deadlines

  1. Next: School place applications close: Common Application Form ()

    in 11 days

  2. Coming up: Re-mark requests close

    in 13 days

    Only if you want the test papers marked again

How far offers reached

Can we get in?

How far offers reached

Each bar shows how far from Watford Grammar School for Girls the last child offered a place lived, under the last admission rule the offers reached. Up to five years, on one scale.

Qualifying is not the same as being offered a place.

Reaching the school's standard means your child can be considered. If more children qualify than there are places, the school gives places using its admission rules, in order. The figures below show how far those rules reached in past years. They are history, not a prediction: they change every year with who applies.

Checked, source: Department for Education (GOV.UK), checked
No distance figures publishedWe have not found a checked figure for how far offers reached at Watford Grammar School for Girls. We add each year's figures after National Offer Day, when the council or school publishes them.

Other published figures

  • 2026 entry: Area A (Watford): 36
  • 2026 entry: Area B (outer): 35

Source: South West Herts Schools Consortium, checked

At a glance

Watford Grammar School for Girls in brief

tap a value for its source

Pupils
girlsPupilsChecked 13 Oct 2026 against Watford Grammar School for Girls.The source says: Year 7 210 girls:137 community places (65% of the whole) and up to 73 specialist places (35% of the whole)View the official source
Who the school admits.
Year 7 places
210Year 7 placesChecked 13 Oct 2026 against Watford Grammar School for Girls.The source says: Year 7 210 girls:137 community places (65% of the whole) and up to 73 specialist places (35% of the whole)View the official source2027 entry
The (PAN): how many children the school plans to admit.
Entrance test
South West Herts Consortium tests (GL Assessment academic test; consortium music aptitude test)
The test children sit to be considered. Written by GL Assessment (academic test).

Key dates

Dates for September 2027 entry

For children in Year 6 in 2026/27.

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South West Herts Schools Consortium

5 earlier steps, all doneShow

  1. Done: Test registration opens

  2. Done: Test registration closes

  3. Done: Test day

  4. Done: Results

  5. Done: Re-mark requests open

    12pm

  1. Next: School place applications close (CAF)

    in 11 days

  2. Coming up: Re-mark requests close

    in 13 days

    Only if you want the test papers marked again

  3. Coming up: National Offer Day

    Source: Croxley Danes School, checked

How places are given

8 admission rules, in order, for 2027 entry

If more children qualify than there are places, Watford Grammar School for Girls gives places using these rules (its ), in this order (2027 entry).

  1. 1

    Looked-after and previously looked-after children

    The policy's own words
    1. Looked After Children and children who were previously looked after
  2. 2

    Up to 21 places (10%) for girls living nearest the school who would not get a place under any other criterion except criterion 6

    The policy's own words
    Girls whose normal home address is nearest to the school and who would not be allocated a place
  3. 3

    Daughters of staff

    The policy's own words
    Girls with a parent who is a permanent full-time or part-time member of the school staff
  4. 4

    Sister at the school

    The policy's own words
    Girls with a sibling (sister) enrolled at the school
  5. 5

    Brother at Watford Grammar School for Boys

    The policy's own words
    Girls with a sibling (brother) enrolled at Watford Grammar School for Boys
  6. 6

    Community places by distance

    The policy's own words
    Places will then be allocated to girls in increasing distance order using straight line distance between
  7. 7

    Music aptitude, in merit order (up to 21 places, 10%)

    The policy's own words
    Girls selected on the basis of aptitude for music as measured by the school's assessment
  8. 8

    Academic ability, in merit order (52 places, 25%)

    The policy's own words
    Girls selected by academic ability as measured by the school’s assessment procedures, in merit

Source: Watford Grammar School for Girls, checked

The test

South West Herts Consortium tests (GL Assessment academic test; consortium music aptitude test)
Test
South West Herts Consortium tests (GL Assessment academic test; consortium music aptitude test)
Written by
GL Assessment (academic test)
Test date, 2027 entry
Saturday 5 September 2026

How the South West Herts test works

Open days

Not published yet
No open events published yetSchools usually publish them in the summer term of Year 5.

If you are refused a place

Reviews, appeals and the waiting list

General information, not legal advice.

Official documents and sources

4 sources, each kept as an archived copy

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