Whitefriars School
Primary performance (KS2 SATs)
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Getting a place
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 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
Every child who put Whitefriars 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).
Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)
Whitefriars School is an all-through school covering ages 3–18, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Ofsted judgements
School profile
- Age range
- 3–18
- Pupils on roll
- 1,443
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“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.
DfE, KS4 destination measures.
Nearby primary schools
Location
Official sources
About Whitefriars School
Whitefriars School is an all-through school in Harrow, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,443 pupils aged 3 to 18 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 44% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 21.0 percentage points year on year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 43.0, broadly in line with the national average of 46. On our composite score, Whitefriars School ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.
Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 1% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 46% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Whitefriars School their first choice was offered one of its 89 Reception places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 2.30 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 9.2%. There are about 28.0 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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.