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          - text: Compare
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          - heading "Compare Schools" [level=1] [ref=f5e23]
          - paragraph [ref=f5e24]: 3 schools side by side — each number anchored against the England average so you can tell at a glance what's typical and what stands out.
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            - link "Watford Grammar School for Boys" [ref=f5e35] [cursor=pointer]:
              - /url: /school/136276-watford-grammar-school-for-boys
            - generic [ref=f5e36]: Hertfordshire · Academy converter
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            - link "Bishop Stopford School" [ref=f5e41] [cursor=pointer]:
              - /url: /school/137086-bishop-stopford-school
            - generic [ref=f5e42]: North Northamptonshire · Academy converter
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            - generic [ref=f5e48]: Enfield · Voluntary aided school
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        - heading "At a glance" [level=2] [ref=f5e51]
        - paragraph [ref=f5e52]: The short version — each row below is explained in its own section further down.
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            - generic [ref=f5e55]: Latest Ofsted inspection
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              - strong [ref=f5e57]: Report card
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                - generic [ref=f5e59]: 6 areas Exceptional
                - generic [ref=f5e60]: 1 area Strong standard
              - generic [ref=f5e61]: No areas need attention · Safeguarding met
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              - generic [ref=f5e63]: No overall grade
              - generic [ref=f5e64]: Sub-judgements only
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              - generic [ref=f5e66]: Good
              - generic [ref=f5e67]: Grade carried forward
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              - text: Attainment 8 score
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              - text: "68.9"
              - generic [ref=f5e72]: Above England average
              - generic [ref=f5e73]: England average 38.9
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              - text: "58.7"
              - generic [ref=f5e75]: Above England average
              - generic [ref=f5e76]: England average 38.9
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              - text: "36.5"
              - generic [ref=f5e78]: Below England average
              - generic [ref=f5e79]: England average 38.9
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            - generic [ref=f5e81]: Getting a place
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              - generic [ref=f5e83]: Over 1 in 4 first choices missed out
              - generic [ref=f5e84]: Named on 953 forms · 211 places
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              - generic [ref=f5e86]: Over 1 in 4 first choices missed out
              - generic [ref=f5e87]: Named on 630 forms · 216 places
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              - generic [ref=f5e89]: All first choices offered
              - generic [ref=f5e90]: Named on 193 forms · 53 places
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            - generic [ref=f5e92]: Size
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              - text: 1,590 pupils
              - generic [ref=f5e94]: Much larger than average
            - generic [ref=f5e95]:
              - text: 1,454 pupils
              - generic [ref=f5e96]: Larger than average
            - generic [ref=f5e97]:
              - text: 554 pupils
              - generic [ref=f5e98]: Much smaller than average
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        - paragraph [ref=f5e101]:
          - text: Ofsted is the schools inspectorate. It stopped giving a single overall grade in
          - strong [ref=f5e102]: September 2024
          - text: ; inspections between then and November 2025 kept the area-by-area judgements without an overall grade, and from
          - strong [ref=f5e103]: November 2025
          - text: new inspections produce a
          - strong [ref=f5e104]: report card
          - text: rating each area of school life on a five-point scale. A report card and an older overall grade aren't directly comparable. (Ofsted's "Expected standard" rating is unrelated to the KS2 "expected standard" test measure further down this page.)
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              - generic [ref=f5e113]: Inspected under transitional framework (sub-judgements only)
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              - generic [ref=f5e115]: Good
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            - generic [ref=f5e118]: Inspected
            - generic [ref=f5e119]: 14 Apr 2026
            - generic [ref=f5e120]: 1 Apr 2025
            - generic [ref=f5e121]: 25 Jan 2024
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              - text: Judgement detail
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                - generic [ref=f5e128]: Inclusion
                - generic [ref=f5e129]: Exceptional
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                - generic [ref=f5e131]: Curriculum & teaching
                - generic [ref=f5e132]: Exceptional
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                - generic [ref=f5e134]: Achievement
                - generic [ref=f5e135]: Exceptional
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                - generic [ref=f5e137]: Attendance & behaviour
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                - generic [ref=f5e140]: Personal development
                - generic [ref=f5e141]: Exceptional
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                - generic [ref=f5e143]: Leadership & governance
                - generic [ref=f5e144]: Exceptional
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                - generic [ref=f5e146]: Sixth form
                - generic [ref=f5e147]: Exceptional
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                - generic [ref=f5e154]: Quality of education
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                - generic [ref=f5e157]: Behaviour & attitudes
                - generic [ref=f5e158]: Outstanding
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                - generic [ref=f5e160]: Personal development
                - generic [ref=f5e161]: Outstanding
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                - generic [ref=f5e163]: Leadership & management
                - generic [ref=f5e164]: Outstanding
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                - generic [ref=f5e166]: Early years provision
                - generic [ref=f5e167]: "9"
            - generic [ref=f5e168]: We don't hold area-by-area detail for this inspection — see Bishop Stopford's School's Ofsted page for the full report.
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              - text: Ofsted page
              - generic "Links to the school's page on ofsted.gov.uk, where all its inspection reports are listed." [ref=f5e172]: "?"
            - link "Watford Grammar School for Boys's Ofsted page →" [ref=f5e174] [cursor=pointer]:
              - /url: https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/136276
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              - /url: https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/137086
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              - /url: https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/102052
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        - heading "How students do academically" [level=2] [ref=f5e180]
        - paragraph [ref=f5e181]: GCSE results (latest year). Attainment 8 averages performance across eight subjects; Progress 8 shows how much progress students make compared with similar students nationally — the wording is DfE's own banding.
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            - text: Attainment 8
            - generic "Average Attainment 8 score across eight GCSE subjects." [ref=f5e184]: "?"
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            - text: "68.9"
            - generic [ref=f5e186]: England average 38.9
          - generic [ref=f5e187]:
            - text: "58.7"
            - generic [ref=f5e188]: England average 38.9
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            - text: "36.5"
            - generic [ref=f5e190]: England average 38.9
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            - text: Progress 8
            - generic "DfE's own plain-English Progress 8 label." [ref=f5e192]: "?"
          - generic [ref=f5e193]: No data
          - generic [ref=f5e195]: No data
          - generic [ref=f5e197]: No data
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            - text: Grade 5+ in English & maths
            - generic "% achieving grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSEs." [ref=f5e200]: "?"
          - generic [ref=f5e201]: 83%
          - generic [ref=f5e202]: 66%
          - generic [ref=f5e203]: 30%
          - generic [ref=f5e204]:
            - text: EBacc entry
            - generic "% entering the English Baccalaureate subject combination." [ref=f5e205]: "?"
          - generic [ref=f5e206]: 96%
          - generic [ref=f5e207]: 86%
          - generic [ref=f5e208]: 10%
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        - heading "Getting a place" [level=2] [ref=f5e210]
        - paragraph [ref=f5e211]: "From the most recent admissions round (September 2026 entry). \"First choice\" means families who ranked the school top of their application form — officially a \"first preference\". Schools never see your ranking: places are decided only by the school's admission criteria, so listing a school lower down never hurts your chances. These are National Offer Day offers — waiting lists and appeals can change the final intake."
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              - text: Interest in the school
              - generic "How many application forms named the school at any preference rank — not the number of families competing head-to-head for a place." [ref=f5e215]: "?"
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              - text: Named on
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              - text: forms ·
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              - text: places
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              - text: Named on
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              - text: forms ·
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              - text: places
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              - text: Named on
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            - generic [ref=f5e226]: First-choice families offered a place
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              - strong [ref=f5e228]: 44%
              - generic [ref=f5e229]: Over 1 in 4 first choices missed out
            - generic [ref=f5e232]:
              - strong [ref=f5e233]: 68%
              - generic [ref=f5e234]: Over 1 in 4 first choices missed out
            - strong [ref=f5e238]: 100%
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            - generic [ref=f5e242]: What this means
            - generic [ref=f5e243]: More first-choice applications than places — check the school’s admission criteria (for most non-faith primaries, distance decides).
            - generic [ref=f5e245]: More first-choice applications than places — check the school’s admission criteria (for most non-faith primaries, distance decides).
            - generic [ref=f5e247]: Every family who put Bishop Stopford's School first got a place.
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        - heading "Who goes there" [level=2] [ref=f5e250]
        - paragraph [ref=f5e251]: The school's community, from the latest school census. State-school averages are computed from our dataset and shown for context — there's no “right” number here.
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          - generic [ref=f5e253]:
            - generic [ref=f5e254]: Pupils on roll
            - generic [ref=f5e255]:
              - text: 1,590
              - generic [ref=f5e256]: 1496 places — at or above capacity
            - generic [ref=f5e257]:
              - text: 1,454
              - generic [ref=f5e258]: 1383 places — at or above capacity
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              - text: "554"
              - generic [ref=f5e260]: of 1165 places (48% full)
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            - generic [ref=f5e262]: Girls / boys
            - generic [ref=f5e263]: 0% / 100%
            - generic [ref=f5e264]: 50% / 50%
            - generic [ref=f5e265]: 49% / 51%
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            - generic [ref=f5e267]:
              - text: Free school meals
              - generic "% of pupils eligible for free school meals — a common measure of how many pupils come from lower-income families. Benchmark computed across state schools in our dataset." [ref=f5e268]: "?"
            - generic [ref=f5e269]:
              - text: 6%
              - generic [ref=f5e270]: Below the state-school average (27%)
            - generic [ref=f5e271]:
              - text: 7%
              - generic [ref=f5e272]: Below the state-school average (27%)
            - generic [ref=f5e273]:
              - text: 44%
              - generic [ref=f5e274]: Above the state-school average (27%)
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              - generic "% of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. State-school average computed from our dataset." [ref=f5e277]: "?"
            - generic [ref=f5e278]: 23%
            - generic [ref=f5e279]: 10%
            - generic [ref=f5e280]: 43%
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            - generic [ref=f5e282]:
              - text: Extra learning support (SEN)
              - generic "% of pupils receiving SEN support (not including EHC plans). A high figure can mean the school hosts specialist provision — often a strength, not a warning sign. State-school average computed from our dataset." [ref=f5e283]: "?"
            - generic [ref=f5e284]: 7%
            - generic [ref=f5e285]: 6%
            - generic [ref=f5e286]: 12%
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            - generic [ref=f5e288]: Faith character
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            - generic [ref=f5e290]: Church of England
            - generic [ref=f5e291]: Church of England
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            - generic [ref=f5e293]: Ages
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            - generic [ref=f5e295]: 11-18
            - generic [ref=f5e296]: 11-18
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            - generic [ref=f5e299]: WATFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS
            - generic [ref=f5e300]: BISHOP STOPFORD SCHOOL
            - generic [ref=f5e301]: Enfield council
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        - heading "Explore trends" [level=2] [ref=f5e303]
        - paragraph [ref=f5e304]: The full year-by-year explorer for any measure, with the England average as a dashed reference line where official figures exist.
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              - option "Attainment 8" [selected]
              - option "Progress 8"
              - option "English & Maths Grade 4+"
              - option "English & Maths Grade 5+"
              - option "EBacc Entry %"
              - option "EBacc Grade 4+"
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            - generic [ref=f5e311]: Average grade across a pupil's best 8 GCSEs including English and Maths
      - paragraph [ref=f5e313]: "Sources: DfE Compare School Performance (KS2/KS4 results), Ofsted inspection outcomes, DfE school admissions data, school census. England averages for test results are official DfE figures; other benchmarks are state-school averages computed from our dataset. Following DfE practice, figures based on 5 or fewer pupils are suppressed and shown as \"no data\"."
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          - paragraph [ref=f5e319]: Compare primary and secondary schools across England.
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