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04/04/25

We’ve had an eggscelent morning 🐣 with Year 7&8 at Waldegrave with a spegtactular 🥚Easter Bonnet 👒Parade. The judges scrambled to select winners with so many eggspert bonnets on display but we are sure the winners were eggstatic with their chocolate prizes! pic.twitter.com/LbqTTAatvv— Waldegrave School () April 4, 2025

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03/04/25

Thanks so much to Tim Marshall for taking the time to speak to our Geographers about ‘The Future of Geography’ today at Another of his excellent additions for our Sixth Form Reading List pic.twitter.com/25SEhYiffH— Miss Flanigan () April 3, 2025

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25/03/25

Yesterday our Year 7s worked up a sweat with an inter-house Benchball tournament. Great team work & lots of fun! 🤩🏐🎽🙌 pic.twitter.com/bERLABzvOs— Waldegrave Sports () March 25, 2025

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24/03/25

Paris, je t'aime ! 💓 The Waldegrave French A-Level cohort enjoyed four days in the French capital over a long-weekend ✨️ They visited Notre Dame, The Louvre, the Dior museum & watched a live debate on narcotrafficking at the French Parliament! pic.twitter.com/XtSQ0frWk9— Waldegrave School () March 24, 2025

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21/03/25

At Waldegrave we are wearing something red to celebrate 40 years of - take a look at our insta story to see the jokes we have been sharing in our Joke Competition. Winners to be announced later today… pic.twitter.com/2cTRqohWmc— Waldegrave School () March 21, 2025

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18/03/25

Our Year 7 choir joined the Kew Wind Orchestra on Saturday for their To The Stars concert, along side choirs from Halliford School and Kew House School, they sang the key piece for the concert, ‘To the Stars’ by Nigel Hess. 🚀🪐👽💫 We look forward to working with again! pic.twitter.com/hiCP0mmXlG— Waldegrave School () March 18, 2025

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17/03/25

Year 7 are studying Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Here is some of their spectacular art work completed as creative homework for Drama 🎭 pic.twitter.com/p9X0bOMYeM— Waldegrave School () March 17, 2025

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10/03/25

Yr10 History students are visiting the this week, learning how surgery evolved in the 18-1900s. Patients who undertook surgery here were poor. Surgeons used operations as a learning experience for medical students & removed limbs used to study anatomy. 🩸🪚🩸 pic.twitter.com/ZRpEbqY91b— Waldegrave School () March 10, 2025

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10/03/25

Last week our lucky Year 12 linguists took part in SCOOP! a workshop where teams designed & wrote up a front page of a newspaper in a modern foreign language. We had pupils working in French & German and the teams had very close results. Tres bon!! 🇫🇷🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/u6v66LDo6S— Waldegrave School () March 10, 2025

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07/03/25

Ahead of International tomorrow we want to celebrate our incredible pupils & staff - together we support students of all abilities, empowering young women to take ambitious next steps in education and creating the workforce of the future. pic.twitter.com/LCK47d2rQI— Waldegrave School () March 7, 2025

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07/03/25

Exciting technology upgrades in Geography - digital anemometers are now in use. Anemometers are used to measure wind speed and direction. https://t.co/dnWedcKb2P— Waldegrave School () March 7, 2025

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06/03/25

Happy World Book Day! We have been talking about our favourite books in school and next week you can use your World Book Day vouchers towards any book at our ! 📚#worldbookday pic.twitter.com/CUr49iYo4t— Waldegrave School () March 6, 2025

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03/03/25

As today’s we are doing a throwback to the photos which won our very own Waldegrave Wildlife Photographer competition in the Autumn Term. 📸🦌📸🦢📸 We had so many fantastic entries! We are running it again next year so keep taking your photos. 📸🦌📸🦢📸 pic.twitter.com/zuxoGxSXAT— Waldegrave School () March 3, 2025

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28/02/25

There’s still time to get quizzical with the Friends of Waldegrave QUIZ & CURRY NIGHT. Tickets will be available on the door from 6.30pm tonight - if you don’t have a team don’t worry, we will find you a place. Cracking curry and a bar will be available too! pic.twitter.com/uXQQYpqkoJ— Waldegrave School () February 28, 2025

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25/02/25

It’s time to get your thinking 🧢 caps 🧢 on ahead of this year’s Friends of Waldegrave QUIZ & CURRY NIGHT! Tickets and curry are available NOW on ParentPay - get in fast or miss out on your chance to show which year has the biggest brains 🧠 at Waldegrave! pic.twitter.com/UpcwUGhimF— Waldegrave School () February 25, 2025

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13/02/25

“I really enjoyed spending a lesson practising debating skills; English lessons can feel quite based on written work, so having a chance to express ideas verbally was really exciting. I was a bit nervous going but found the experience overall exciting.” - Holly C, Y10 pic.twitter.com/KWd5uLkokI— Waldegrave School () February 13, 2025

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11/02/25

Join us after half-term for our Quiz & Curry night: Friday 29 February, 7-9pm Get a team of 6-8 together and enjoy a scrummy curry while proving your brainpower! Tickets now on ParentPay pic.twitter.com/5ypkkrl14L— Friends Of Waldegrave () February 11, 2025

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11/02/25

Today the 13 students who won the Waldegrave Wildlife Photography competition last term are celebrating with a day off timetable, visiting the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at The Natural History Museum for more inspiration. 📸🦌🦢🐍 pic.twitter.com/bTz07dhLs6— Waldegrave School () February 11, 2025

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11/02/25

We’re celebrating International Day of Women in Science by looking back at STEM activities pupils have undertaken this past year. From Science Club to science trips & competitions, our annual Maths PGL trip & much more, STEM is truly embedded in Waldegrave life. pic.twitter.com/SW03Uxyb5W— Waldegrave School () February 11, 2025

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10/02/25

Seven Y10 pupils took part in our Jack Petchey Speak Out Final Assembly on Friday. Well done to them all for such impassioned speeches, 3 of them - Isabelle E, Pea R and Coco B - will go on to the Regional Finals taking place at Waldegrave on 13 March. Good luck 🤞 pic.twitter.com/bWB7r7gajh— Waldegrave School () February 10, 2025

Ofsted Report

Waldegrave Ofsted School Inspection Report October 2024

The school was inspected by Ofsted on 15-16 October 2024.  This was an ungraded inspection, but we are delighted that the school was judged to have retained the 'outstanding' standards in all areas as identified in our previous inspection.

Waldegrave School Ofsted Report 2018

The school was inspected by Ofsted on 25-26 September 2018 and was rated 'Outstanding'.  The school was last inspected in 2007 and has gone through considerable change since then. We opened our new co-ed sixth form in 2014, welcoming boys for the first time. The  two day inspection looked at all of aspects of the school including: standards of achievement, teaching and learning, the personal development and well-being of students, leadership and management and the sixth form.  All were graded outstanding which puts Waldegrave in the top 25% of schools in the country. 

The Headteacher Philippa Nunn said “I am so proud of the staff and students at Waldegrave!   I am particularly pleased that the team of inspectors made so many comments about the committed staff and excellent teaching and learning, I believe this is at the heart of any outstanding school. The timing of the report is perfect, it sets the school up nicely for the next phase of development when Ms Tongue starts as Headteacher in January. I will bid farewell after 12 happy years to work as executive Headteacher of Twickenham School and Hampton High. I am confident that Waldegrave will continue to go from strength to strength.”

The Co-Chair of Governors, Fran Perrow and Andrew Tanner, said “The 'Outstanding' Ofsted rating reflects the dedication and talent of our excellent staff. We are immensely proud of Waldegrave's success and look forward to delivering an outstanding education to pupils for the foreseeable future."

Quotes from the report

  • The quality of teaching is consistently strong across the curriculum.
  • Teachers are thoughtful practitioners, constantly looking at ways to become even better.
  • Leaders, governors and teachers are united in having the highest aspirations for pupils.
  • Students achieve exceptionally well in the sixth form. This is due to consistently effective teaching and excellent opportunities to enhance students’ wider personal development.
  • Middle leaders are very effective at improving the quality of provision and outcomes in their subjects.
  • The exceptional leadership of the headteacher and her senior team ensures excellent standards in all aspects of the school’s work