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Norbury School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Welldon Crescent, Harrow HA1 1QQ · norbury.harrow.sch.uk · 020 8863 8769
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Harrow 72%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Harrow Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 641
- 1 over 640 places · 100%
- Local authority
- Harrow
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 17.4%
- First language not English
- 85.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Harrow Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 55 families put the school first and 90 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 90 | 55 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 85 | 0.9 | 86% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 89 | 72 | 0.8 | 90% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 109 | 1.2▲ | 72% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 82 | 0.9 | 84% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | 0.44 mi0.70 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.49 mi0.79 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Harrow it was 72%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 22 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Norbury School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 21 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (76 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 76
- 11% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied