Parmiter's School is a secondary academy in Watford, United Kingdom with 1,496 pupils, part of Parmiter's School. Ofsted: Outstanding, inspected 3 July 2024. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Attendance Officer (closes 13 November). It holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas.
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Anthony Smith, Headteacher
Trust or group
Parmiter's School
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
1,496 pupils · 47% girls · 5.5% eligible for free school meals · 22.7% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
122 (8.2%) on SEN support · 52 (3.5%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Location
Watford, WD25 0UU, United Kingdom
Telephone
01923671424
Visa sponsorship
Holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas (rated A). Register of licensed sponsors, 5 November 2026. A licence means the employer can sponsor; each advert says whether a post does.
The Attendance Officer is responsible for maintaining accurate attendance records for students in Years 7 - 11 as stipulated by legislation. The Attendance Officer works within…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
65.0
77.7%
2024/25
66.5
80.8%
2023/24
68.3
83.4%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
94.8
15.8
–
0
£54,641
2024/25
93.5
15.7
8%
0
£52,553
2023/24
90.9
16.0
12%
0
£47,488
2022/23
76.5
18.7
15%
0
£44,707
2021/22
78.6
18.2
15%
0
£45,451
2020/21
83.9
17.0
10%
0
£39,551
Earlier years (2011/12 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
79.5
18.1
13%
0
£40,312
2018/19
85.0
17.1
16%
0
£38,503
2017/18
85.0
16.9
11%
0
£37,644
2016/17
96.2
14.8
17%
0
£37,566
2015/16
95.6
14.5
14%
0
£37,705
2014/15
98.4
13.8
19%
0
£37,763
2013/14
95.4
14.3
9%
0
£37,425
2012/13
98.4
13.5
15%
0
£37,077
2011/12
96.8
13.0
8%
0
£36,145
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
5.5%
0.5%
13.1%
0.6%
2024/25
5.2%
0.6%
11.3%
1.0%
2023/24
6.3%
1.0%
16.7%
1.0%
2022/23
6.4%
0.8%
17.3%
0.9%
2021/22
5.3%
0.8%
12.6%
0.8%
2020/21
4.3%
0.4%
7.7%
0.9%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
4.1%
0.5%
7.4%
0.6%
2017/18
4.3%
0.4%
6.7%
0.3%
2016/17
3.9%
0.4%
5.8%
0.0%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
3 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 3 support. Most often advertised: Catering Assistant, Examinations Administrator, Science Technician. Last advertised October 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.