Waldegrave School is a secondary academy in Twickenham, United Kingdom with 1,470 pupils, part of The Waldegrave Trust. Ofsted: Outstanding, inspected 25 September 2018. As of 13 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Manager of the Inclusion Zone (closes 19 November). Its academy trust 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
Elizabeth Tongue, Headteacher
Trust or group
The Waldegrave Trust
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
1,470 pupils · 94% girls · 8.8% eligible for free school meals · 19.4% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
211 (14.4%) on SEN support · 46 (3.1%) with an education, health and care plan · has resourced provision DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Local authority
Richmond upon Thames
Location
Twickenham, TW2 5LH, United Kingdom
Telephone
02088943244
Visa sponsorship
Its academy trust holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas (rated A), as The Waldegrave Trust. Register of licensed sponsors, 11 November 2026. A licence means the employer can sponsor; each advert says whether a post does.
Salary £18,387 to £25,251 a yearCloses 19 NovStarts 4 January 2027
Full time, part time
Contract Part Time: 3 or 4 days per week (21 to 28 hours per week), 39 weeks per year Actual Salary: £18,387 to £25,251 per annum, depending on number of days and experience (NJC6…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
64.5
75.8%
2024/25
67.3
82.2%
2023/24
64.0
74.6%
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.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
15 October 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
25 September 2018
Graded inspection
Outstanding
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
77.5
19.0
–
0
£59,897
2024/25
77.3
19.0
8%
0
£56,502
2023/24
76.2
19.1
10%
0
£53,322
2022/23
79.5
18.3
15%
0
£49,622
2021/22
79.0
18.5
17%
0
£48,859
2020/21
78.3
18.7
7%
0
£47,647
Earlier years (2012/13 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
78.3
18.8
9%
0
£45,310
2018/19
82.4
16.9
12%
1
£45,472
2017/18
80.6
16.6
14%
0
£42,653
2016/17
81.5
16.1
19%
0
£43,410
2015/16
85.1
14.5
15%
0
£41,844
2014/15
79.6
14.0
14%
0
£41,984
2013/14
71.2
13.9
8%
0
£42,824
2012/13
70.4
14.2
11%
0
£40,419
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
5.8%
1.7%
12.1%
1.1%
2024/25
6.0%
1.7%
12.5%
2.0%
2023/24
6.5%
1.0%
17.8%
1.7%
2022/23
6.9%
0.6%
19.4%
1.4%
2021/22
7.0%
0.3%
21.3%
0.9%
2020/21
3.0%
0.3%
5.8%
0.5%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
3.7%
0.7%
5.7%
0.7%
2017/18
3.5%
0.8%
6.2%
0.5%
2016/17
3.2%
0.6%
5.4%
0.3%
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
5 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 1 teaching, 4 support. Most often advertised: Teaching Assistant (2), Academic Officer, Cover & Lettings Administrator. Last advertised September 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. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.