Statutory Information & Policies

School Contact Details:

Garston Manor School

Horseshoe Lane

Garston

Watford

WD25 7HR

Tel: 01923 673757

Email: admin@garstonmanor.herts.sch.uk

Headteacher: Miss Christine deGraft-Hanson

Deputy Headteacher: Kimberley Joynson

Director of Safeguarding, Personal Development , Behaviour and Attitudes: 

Antonia Sharp

Director of Resources and Finance: Mrs Laura James

If a you require a paper copy of the information on our website, please contact our office and we will provide this free of charge.

• Complaints Policy Procedure
• Staff Code of Conduct
• Health and Safety Policy
• Pupil Premium strategy statement
• SEF Summary
• SEF 2024-25
• School Development Plan 2025-26
• SDP Front Page 2024-25
• GMS Child Protection Policy Sept - 2025 - 26
• Disciplinary Policy

Ofsted

Schools are generally inspected on a 3 year cycle. Different aspects of the school's work are inspected and graded from 1 to 4 and then an overall grade is awarded.

Grades are as follows:

1. Outstanding

2. Good

3. Requires Improvement

4. Inadequate

Ofsted Inspection - October 2022  "The school continues to be good". 

Please click on the below link for the full report

Ofsted report 2022

Ofsted report for 2017 inspection below

 Ofsted 2017

Ofsted Parent View gives you the chance to tell us what you think about your child’s school.  Follow the link below to access the site.

Admissions and SEND

 

• Send strategy 2026-2029
• Accessibility Plan
• Special Educational Needs Disabilities Policy
• Admissions process GMS
• Provider Access Policy
• SEND report 2025-2026
• Admissions Arrangements-Children other than at Phase Transfer
• Admissions Arrangements-Children at Phase Transfer in any given year
• Admissions guidance specialist provision

Governors

• Governing Body Equality Objectives
• Privacy Notice For Governors
• Governing Body Equality Information and Objectives Policy

 Curriculum

• Relationships, Sex and Health Education Policy
• Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) at Garston Manor
• Garston Manor Promoting British Values
• Exam Contingency Plan
• GMS Non-examination assessment policy
• Exam Policy
• GMS GDPR Policy Exams
• Home Learning Policy
• Exams complaints and appeals policy
• Results Analysis 2024/25

Safeguarding and Behaviour

• Behaviour Management Policy
• Behaviour Policy for students
• Behaviour Policy for students symbol supported
• Anti-Bullying Policy
• Attendance Policy
• Online Safety Policy
• Penalty Notices Code of Conduct (Truancy)
• Whistleblowing Policy
• Children with a social worker policy
• GMS Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 2025 - 2026
• Supporting Children with Medical Conditions 
• Children with Health Needs that cannot attend school 
• Uniform Policy
• Penalty Notices Unauthorised Absence - Truancy (HCC)

GDPR

• GDPR Data Protection Policy
• Privacy Notice - Staff
• Privacy Notice - Students
• Privacy Notice - Parents/Carers
• Subject Access Request Policy
• e-Safety and Data Security Policy

Funding and Financial Information 

• Charging and Remissions Policy
• PPG Action Plan 2023-24
• Managing Performance Capability Policy
• Pay Policy
• Employee Salary Information (earning over £100k per annum)

 To access financial information about Garston Manor School please click the link below and follow the prompts to find details pertaining to Garston Manor School.

 schools financial benchmarking service

 

To access DfE performance data, please visit https://www.gov.uk/school-performance-tables