Primary
Watchlytes Primary School
Watchlytes, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2AZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 158 of 240 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- IVY LEARNING TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 19.0
- Pupils per adult
- 9.4
- Pupils
- 179
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2025
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsStrong standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
September 2021
Previous framework
Inadequate
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Early yearsRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationInadequate
SATs results
76%
10 points above the Welwyn Garden City average (66% across 15 schools)
103.0
3.3 below the Welwyn Garden City average (106.3 across 15 schools)
12th of 15 by our score, among the primary schools in Welwyn Garden City we can score - 16 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 103 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 76% |
| Working at a higher standard | 4% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 67% |
| 24/25 | 76% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Watchlytes, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2AZ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Hertfordshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Sophie Wenlock
- Address
- Watchlytes, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2AZ
- Telephone
- 01707886222