Watford’s Grammar Schools grew from the Free School, a charity school for 60 pupils founded by Dame Elizabeth Fuller in 1704. The schools are located on ground next to the parish churchyard close to the centre of Watford and are red brick buildings. They became separate foundations for boys and girls in 1881, and the boys’ school moved to its present site in 1912. Today Watford Grammar School for Boys is a Voluntary Aided School of nearly 1200 students. Neither school is accessible to the public.