West Herts College
West Herts College is a further education in Watford for boys and girls aged 16 to 99.
Watford Campus, Hempstead Road, Watford, WD17 3EZ01923 812345westherts.ac.ukMs Gill Worgan principal & chief executiveAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
3,372 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 3,372 | 3,111 | 2,823 | 3,166 | 5,820 | 4,476 |
| Average A level points per entryA level APS per entry | 16.11 | 23.60 | 18.46 | 30.00 | 28.16 | – |
| Average A level grade | D- | D+ | D | C | C- | – |
| Best three A levelsBest 3 A levels APS | 11.43 | 20.00 | 10.00 | – | 10.48 | – |
| AAB or better in subjects universities likeAAB+ in two facilitating subjects | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | 0% | – |
| A level progressA level value added | -0.47 | -0.26 | – | – | -0.19 | – |
| Applied general courses: points per entry | 25.45 | 23.89 | 22.62 | 26.48 | – | – |
| T levels: points per entry | 25.76 | 22.45 | 26.04 | 25.31 | – | – |
| Stayed and finishedRetained and assessed | 60% | 73% | – | – | – | – |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Hertfordshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 2,636 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 61%, compared with 73% for everyone else.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 42% went on to degree-level study or training and 2% to a top-third university.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 70% | 73% | 76% | – |
| Education | 26% | 32% | 37% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 6% | 6% | 2% |
| Work | 38% | 35% | 33% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 21% | 21% | 18% | – |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanchester Primary School | Free school | 30 m | 298 | Not inspected | 61 | Compare |
| Chater Infant School | Council | 720 m | 223 | Good 2024 | 35 | Compare |
| Watford Grammar School for Boys | Academy | 780 m | 1,590 | Report card 2026 | 94 | Compare |
| Watford St John's Church of England Primary School | Free school | 800 m | 401 | No overall grade 2025 | 23 | Compare |
| Chater Junior School | Council | 810 m | 237 | No overall grade 2024 | 38 | Compare |
| Nisai Virtual Academy Ltd | Special post 16 institution | 840 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery School | Council | 0.7 miles | 202 | Good 2023 | 77 | Compare |
| Nascot Wood Junior School | Council | 0.7 miles | 240 | Outstanding 2023 | 98 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is West Herts College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score West Herts College yet.
How many pupils does West Herts College have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Watford Campus, Hempstead Road, Watford, WD17 3EZ
- Telephone
- 01923 812345
- Website
- www.westherts.ac.uk
- Principal & Chief Executive
- Ms Gill Worgan
- Type of school
- Further education (Further education, colleges)
- Phase
- College, ages 16-99
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Ward
- Park
- Constituency
- Watford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1900
- URN
- 130720 · LAESTAB 9198019 · UKPRN 10007417
- Formerly
- Barnfield College
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.