Whitmore High School

Community school·Secondary school Harrow·HA2 0AD
Composite score
68.8
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#469
National rank
#144
In London
#6
In Harrow
Top 15%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
55.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
56%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
73%
% EBacc grade 5+
30%
EBacc average points score
5.11

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
53%
407 first choices, 257 places
First choices per place
1.58
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,338
any preference, for 257 places
Last place offered lived
0.79 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 1273 m
Applications from another council area
18%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.26
00.511.52
1 per place
1.7820221.5620231.7820241.3320251.582026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,739
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
68.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
4.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
13.5%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,468
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
94%
265 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
93%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Whitmore High School

Whitmore High School is a secondary school in Harrow, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 1,739 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 55.0 — above the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 15% of secondary schools in England.

56% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 73% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Whitmore High School is oversubscribed: about 5 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 407 first choices for 257 places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.79 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 14.8 pupils per teacher. Whitmore High School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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