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# St Meryl School

St Meryl School is a state-maintained primary school in Watford, United Kingdom with 209 pupils. Ofsted: Report card, 24 March 2026: expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding met. As of 11 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: PPA Cover Teacher (closes 4 December).

Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. [1 live vacancy](https://eduatlas.org/#vacancies).

- **Head:** Craig Davies, Headteacher
- **Type:** State-maintained, Primary
- **Pupils:** 209 pupils · 55% girls · 10.0% eligible for free school meals · 46.6% with English as an additional language — DfE school census, 2025/26
- **Special needs:** 19 (8.7%) on SEN support · 6 (2.7%) with an education, health and care plan — DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
- **Local authority:** Hertfordshire
- **Location:** Watford, WD19 5BT, United Kingdom
- **Telephone:** 02084281695
- **Website:** [stmeryl.herts.sch.uk](https://www.stmeryl.herts.sch.uk/)
- **Register number:** URN 117166 ([register entry](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/117166))
- **Ofsted:** Report card, 24 March 2026: expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding met

## Vacancies (1)

- [PPA Cover Teacher](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/062oafd0wkm-ppa-cover-teacher) · Salary £33,075 to £49,084 a year · Closes 4 Dec · Part time · Why come and teach at St Meryl?There will be many schools advertising teaching posts and anyone looking for a new job or for a school in which to start their teaching career will…

## Exam results

| Year | KS2 expected | KS2 higher |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 17% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 7% |
| 2022/23 | 53% | 0% |

Department for Education performance tables.

## Inspections

Report card (24 March 2026)

- **Inclusion:** Expected standard
- **Curriculum and teaching:** Expected standard
- **Achievement:** Expected standard
- **Attendance and behaviour:** Expected standard
- **Personal development and well-being:** Expected standard
- **Leadership and governance:** Expected standard
- **Safeguarding:** Met

| Date | Inspection | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 24 March 2026 | Report card | Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding met |
| 8 June 2021 | Ungraded inspection | School remains Good |

Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.

## Staff

| Year | Teachers | Pupils per teacher | Leavers | Vacancies | Average pay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 10.6 | 19.7 | – | 0 | £53,005 |
| 2024/25 | 10.6 | 20.2 | 13% | 0 | £45,074 |
| 2023/24 | 10.8 | 20.4 | 9% | 0 | £42,176 |
| 2022/23 | 10.8 | 20.3 | 0% | 0 | £39,844 |
| 2021/22 | 10.6 | 19.8 | 17% | 0 | £39,044 |
| 2020/21 | 12.0 | 17.9 | 8% | 0 | £37,203 |

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 | 4.7% | 0.9% | 12.1% | 1.1% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 1.0% | 11.1% | 0.6% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 0.9% | 9.1% | 1.1% |
| 2022/23 | 6.0% | 0.7% | 15.0% | 0.0% |
| 2021/22 | 6.5% | 0.6% | 19.2% | 0.6% |
| 2020/21 | 2.4% | 0.5% | 3.4% | 0.6% |

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).

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## Sources

Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.

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