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Glebe Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Glebe Avenue, Kenton, Harrow HA3 9LF · glebe.harrow.sch.uk · 020 8204 6564
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 56%
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 566
- 83% of 682 places
- Local authority
- Harrow
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 9.2%
- First language not English
- 93.6%
- 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, 43 families put the school first and 54 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 54 | 43 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 50 | 41 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 87 | 66 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 76 | 0.8 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 66 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 56% 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 | |||
| ▼56% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Glebe Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 11 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 11 Oct 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2009
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Dec 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (53 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 53
- 9% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 94% who raised concerns
based on 7 parents (13%) whose child was bullied
based on 6 parents (11%) with SEND