Rooks Heath School

Academy converter·Secondary school Harrow·HA2 9AH
Composite score
50.9
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National rank
#426
In London
#12
In Harrow
Top 76%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
40.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
36%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
52%
% EBacc grade 5+
19%
EBacc average points score
3.67

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
83 first choices, 204 places
First choices per place
0.41
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
294
any preference, for 204 places
Applications from another council area
39%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Rooks Heath 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
1,198
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
36.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
65.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.1%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
23.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,131
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%
196 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
91%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About Rooks Heath School

Rooks Heath School is a secondary school in Harrow, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,198 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 40.7, below the national average of 46. That is down 6.5 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

36% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 52% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Rooks Heath School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 83 families who put it first were offered a place. 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 7.6%. There are about 17.7 pupils per teacher. Rooks Heath 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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