Harrow High School

Academy converter·Secondary school Harrow·HA1 2JG
Composite score
59.2
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#1,288
National rank
#300
In London
#9
In Harrow
Top 41%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
47.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
47%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
64%
% EBacc grade 5+
22%
EBacc average points score
4.35

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
70 first choices, 178 places
First choices per place
0.39
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
417
any preference, for 178 places
Applications from another council area
18%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.4020220.4520230.4220240.4320250.392026

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

Every child who put Harrow High School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,013
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
74.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
23.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,326
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
92%
172 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
91%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About Harrow High School

Harrow High School is a secondary school in Harrow, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,013 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 47.4 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.2 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 41% of secondary schools nationally.

47% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 64% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Harrow High School their first choice was offered one of its 178 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.1%. There are about 16.1 pupils per teacher. Harrow 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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