Harrow’s state schools are in the top tenth: better results than 91% of towns in England
At Key Stage 2, 71% of pupils at Harrow’s primaries met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, close to London’s towns (70%) and above towns in England (62%). 60 state-funded schools are located in Harrow’s built-up area. Harrow grades A for schools, on Department for Education Key Stage 2 and GCSE results: #13 of 33 in London. Ofsted is shown, not graded.
Harrow’s secondary results beat 85% of English towns; its primary results beat 90%. 71% of the London borough’s 11-year-olds meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% at the average school in England and 71% across Harrow. The spread between primaries is wide: 89% at Krishna Avanti Primary School, 38% at Whitefriars School. Every school’s result ↓
Written from the Department for Education and Ofsted data on this page.
School Grade
Harrow grades A for schools
Against every town in England with results; Wales publishes none.
Primary: reading, writing and maths at 11 (71% meet the standard)Better than 90% of towns in England
Secondary: Attainment 8 and grade 5+ English and maths (52.7 and 56%)Better than 85% of towns in England
Each of Harrow’s 39 primaries: % meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (2023–25)
Each of Harrow’s 13 secondaries: Attainment 8 (2025/26)
England’s average schoolHarrow’s average school
The primary figure: 39 primaries in the town, 8,824 pupils in results over three years. The secondary figure: 13 secondaries in the town, 2,603 pupils in results. Mainstream state schools only (grammar schools included); special schools, alternative provision, nurseries and 16–19 colleges are listed below but not graded. Each school’s results are compared with every school in England, then weighted by its pupils.
Map
Where Harrow’s 60 state schools are
Each school at its address, coloured by its own letter and sized by pupils. Open a school for its own page. The dashed shape is Harrow’s built-up area.
PrimarySecondarySpecial, nursery, 16–19Size: pupilsABCDNo letter
Most schools give places by distance once siblings are in, so the schools nearest a home matter more than any league table.
Results and intake
Which schools do better than their intake suggests
Schools with more pupils on free school meals tend to get lower results. The dashed line is the typical school in England for each level of free school meals; the band holds the middle two-thirds. A dot above the band is doing better than schools like it.
Primaries: KS2 reading, writing and maths against free school meals
Secondaries: Attainment 8 against free school meals
The share of pupils on free school meals runs from 1% at Avanti House Primary School to 41% at Cedars Manor School. Against schools with the same intake, Krishna Avanti Primary School does best: 89% with 3% on free school meals, where a typical school would reach 68%. 28 of 39 primaries and 10 of 13 secondaries are above the line.
Free school meals: pupils eligible now, DfE January 2026 census. The typical-school line is a straight-line fit across every graded school in England. It describes; it doesn’t grade: the School Grade uses results alone.
Getting a place
How school places work in Harrow
Harrow Council handles applications for every state school in Harrow, academies included. You apply to the council where you live, even for a school in another area.
Secondary (starting at 11)Apply by 31 October of Year 6. Offers on 1 March.
Primary (starting in Reception)Apply by 15 January before the September your child starts. Offers on 16 April.
Moving mid-yearApply to the council for an in-year place; it tells you which schools have room.
When a school is full
Every school publishes its admissions rules. Children in care come first, then, at most schools, brothers and sisters of current pupils, then those who live nearest. 14 of Harrow’s 53 mainstream schools have a religious character; some of them give priority by church attendance, so check each school’s rules. Infant classes are limited to 30 by law. If you’re refused a place, you can appeal to an independent panel.
Pupils on roll as a share of the school’s official capacity. The black tick is 100%; 7 schools are at or over it.
Salvatorian Roman117%
Newton Farm Nursery, Infant and Junior incl. nursery110%
Krishna Avanti incl. nursery109%
Vaughan incl. nursery106%
Nower Hill High103%
Norbury incl. nursery100%
Avanti House100%
Pinner Wood incl. nursery100%
St John Fisher100%
Grimsdyke99%
Show all 53 schools
West Lodge99%
Whitmore High99%
St Joseph's incl. nursery98%
Saint Jerome97%
St Anselm's97%
Belmont incl. nursery96%
St George's incl. nursery96%
Pinner Park incl. nursery96%
Heathland incl. nursery96%
Avanti House96%
Roxeth96%
Priestmead incl. nursery96%
Pinner High96%
Camrose With Nursery incl. nursery95%
Bentley Wood High95%
St Bernadette's incl. nursery94%
Stag Lane incl. nursery93%
Grange incl. nursery93%
Elmgrove incl. nursery93%
Rooks Heath92%
Hatch End High92%
The Sacred Heart Language College92%
Marlborough incl. nursery91%
St Teresa's incl. nursery91%
Whitefriars incl. nursery90%
Whitchurch incl. nursery89%
Harrow High89%
Canons High89%
Stanburn incl. nursery89%
Cedars Manor incl. nursery88%
Aylward incl. nursery87%
Kenmore Park Infant incl. nursery86%
Cannon Lane85%
Hujjat85%
Glebe incl. nursery83%
Park High82%
Earlsmead incl. nursery82%
Kenmore Park Junior76%
Weald Rise incl. nursery76%
Roxbourne incl. nursery74%
Longfield incl. nursery73%
The Welldon Park incl. nursery67%
St John's incl. nursery66%
DfE register of schools (GIAS), January 2026 census. Capacity often excludes a nursery class, so a school with a nursery can show over 100%.
The schools
60 state schools in Harrow
Each school’s own letter compares its results with every state school in England of the same phase: Key Stage 2 for primaries, GCSEs for secondaries. Open a school for its results, how its letter is worked out, Ofsted and a map.
Letters of Harrow’s schoolsA27B14C10D09 without a letter
Key result: Attainment 8 and grade 5+ English and maths (GCSEs, 2025/26 provisional) for secondaries; the share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (KS2, DfE’s three-year average) for primaries. Pupils: the January 2026 school census. No letter: an infant or first school (no KS2 tests), a new school, a small cohort DfE suppresses, or a special school, nursery or college. Independent schools aren’t included.
Ofsted
Ofsted report cards
Each school’s latest inspection; report cards replace one-word judgements as schools are re-inspected.
Outstanding 9Good 19Report card 3Requires improvement 1Ungraded inspection only 28
Ofsted stopped giving one-word judgements in 2024. Until a school is re-inspected, its last overall judgement is its most recent single grade; a school judged years ago may have changed a lot since.
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives each area of a school one of five grades (exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement) and says whether safeguarding is met, instead of one overall word. 3 of Harrow’s 60 state schools have a report card so far; the others show their last inspection under the old framework. Ofsted is never part of the School Grade.
Academies are state schools run by a trust rather than the council: the trust employs the staff and can set its own curriculum and term dates. Admissions still go through the council.
Run by
Schools
Pupils
Their letters
Blessed Holy Family Catholic Academy TrustThe Sacred Heart Language College, St John Fisher, St Joseph's, St George's
4
2,193
AA+AA
Avanti Schools TrustAvanti House, Krishna Avanti, Avanti House
Pegasus Partnership TrustPriestmead, The Welldon Park
2
1,297
AC−
Nower Hill High SchoolNower Hill High
1
2,030
A
Park High SchoolPark High
1
1,475
B+
Hatch End High SchoolHatch End High
1
1,226
B
Canons High SchoolCanons High
1
1,139
C−
Harrow Academies TrustPinner High
1
1,111
A
Harrow High SchoolHarrow High
1
982
B+
Salvatorian CollegeSalvatorian Roman
1
802
A−
All Saints' TrustSt Bernadette's
1
448
A
St Jerome Church of England Bilingual Primary SchoolSaint Jerome
1
408
A
Hujjat School TrustHujjat
1
356
—
Eden AcademyAlexandra
1
99
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Harrow CouncilWhitmore High, Pinner Park, Stag Lane, Elmgrove, Whitchurch, Cannon Lane, Stanburn, Pinner Wood, Vaughan, Belmont, Marlborough, West Lodge, Norbury, Grimsdyke, Longfield, Glebe, Roxbourne, Newton Farm Nursery, Infant and Junior, Grange, St Teresa's, Camrose With Nursery, St Anselm's, Roxeth, Weald Rise, Cedars Manor, Kenmore Park Junior, Kenmore Park Infant, St John's, Shaftesbury High, Woodlands, Kingsley High, Hillview Nursery, The Helix Education Centre
33
17,340
A−A−B+C+A−A+A+AACBACA+B+B−AA+B−B+B+A+B−C+CC+B
After 16
Where Harrow’s teenagers go at 16
In England young people stay in education or training until 18: a sixth form, a college, or an apprenticeship.
12 of Harrow’s 13 state secondaries have sixth forms: Avanti House, Bentley Wood High, Canons High, Harrow High, Hatch End High, Nower Hill High, Park High, Pinner High, Rooks Heath, Salvatorian Roman, Whitefriars and Whitmore High. Stanmore College, a further-education college, is in the London borough. St Dominic's Sixth Form College, a further-education college, is in the London borough. Harrow Collegiate, a sixth-form college, is in the London borough.
Special schools and alternative provision in Harrow
Harrow has 4 special schools (Alexandra, Kingsley High, Shaftesbury High and Woodlands: 533 pupils) and 2 alternative provision schools, for pupils who can’t attend mainstream school for a time. A special-school place isn’t applied for like a mainstream one: for a child with an education, health and care plan (EHCP), Harrow Council names the school in the plan, after asking the family’s preference. These schools have no letter, because their results don’t compare with mainstream schools’. Their cards ↑
Harrow Council’s SEND Local Offer lists support beyond these schools.
Towns its size
9th of 49 English towns and cities of 182,000 to 352,000
Ranked by School Grade, best first: the towns and cities either side of Harrow, and the top and bottom of the group.
Moor Park has the best-graded schools nearby (A). Small places often use the schools within 3 km, so neighbours can share schools.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Expected standard at Key Stage 2. The share of 11-year-olds who reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, in tests and teacher assessment at the end of primary school. We use DfE’s three-year average (2023–2025) to steady small schools.
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Higher standard. The share working at greater depth in all three. In Harrow: 10% (England’s average school: 8%).
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Attainment 8. A pupil’s GCSE grades across eight subjects, with English and maths counted twice, added up. 50 is roughly a grade 5 in every subject.
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Grade 5+ in English and maths. A strong pass in both. Grade 4 is a standard pass.
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Provisional. 2025/26 GCSE figures are DfE’s first release; revised figures follow in February, usually within a point.
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Progress 8. Not shown: there is none for 2025/26, because these pupils sat no KS2 tests in 2020 (Covid).
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Free school meals. Pupils eligible for free school meals now, from the January census: the usual measure of how many pupils come from low-income homes.
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Independent schools. Not included: they publish no results comparable with state schools’.
Questions about schools in Harrow
Are schools in Harrow good?
Harrow’s state schools earn an A against schools across England: primary results beat 90% of towns in England; secondary results beat 85% of towns in England, on Department for Education Key Stage 2 and GCSE results. School places are handled by Harrow council.
What is the best secondary school in Harrow?
On 2025/26 GCSE results, Avanti House School: Attainment 8 of 66.1 and 84% with grade 5+ in English and maths, against 47.3 at the average school in England. Results are one measure; distance decides most places.
What is the best primary school in Harrow?
On Key Stage 2 results over 2023–25, Krishna Avanti Primary School: 89% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% at the average school in England.
Do Harrow secondary schools have sixth forms?
12 of 13 do.
How do I apply for a school place in Harrow?
Through Harrow Council, for every state school including academies. Secondary applications close on 31 October (offers 1 March); primary on 15 January (offers 16 April).
How many schools in Harrow are full?
7 of 53 mainstream schools have at least as many pupils as places, on DfE’s January 2026 census. A full school still admits by its rules, usually distance after siblings.
How many state schools are in Harrow?
60 open state-funded schools are located in Harrow’s built-up area: 41 primary, 13 secondary and 6 other (special schools, alternative provision, nurseries and 16–19). Independent schools aren’t included.
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026 · DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), further-education and sixth-form colleges · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
