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Whitmore High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Community school

Porlock Avenue, Harrow HA2 0AD · whitmore.harrow.sch.uk · 020 8864 7688

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
55
average Attainment 8 score. Harrow 51.1, England 46
Last distance offered
0.77 mi
1.23 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Harrow Council
Demand for places
1.6
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,724
99% of 1,750 places
Local authority
Harrow
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
32.7%
First language not English
68.7%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.77 mi (1.23 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.79 mi (1.27 km). Source: Harrow Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 407 families put the school first and 257 places were offered; 53% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 453 (Places 255)453September 2023: 392 (Places 252)392September 2024: 453 (Places 255)453September 2025: 348 (Places 262)348September 2026: 407 (Places 257)407Places 257
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262574071.6▲53%
September 2025Sept 20252623481.3▲59%
September 2024Sept 20242554531.8▲49%
September 2023Sept 20232523921.6▲53%
September 2022Sept 20222554531.8▲49%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 20260.77 mi1.23 km
September 20250.79 mi1.27 km
September 20240.72 mi1.15 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 55, and 56.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Harrow it was 51.1, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (36.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 54.5 (England 46.3)54.52017/18: 56.1 (England 46.5)56.12018/19: 57.4 (England 46.7)57.42021/22: 59.9 (England 48.8)59.92022/23: 57.7 (England 46.3)57.72023/24: 54.7 (England 45.9)54.72024/25: 55.0 (England 46.0)55.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲5546
▲56.5%45.4%
▲72.9%64.8%
▲91.4%40.5%
▲5.114.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form61.1−1.4
Sixth form college7−2.4
Further education25.2+2.4
Other education0.4−0.3
Employment0.4−0.3
Not in a lasting destination3.7+2.6
Activity not captured2.2+1.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 30.7 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 33.5 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 33.3 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 32.3 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 43.3 (England 37.9)B+2022/23: 39.0 (England 34.2)B2023/24: 36.4 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 36.7 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
182 studentsB- (36.7)Above average +0.19
182 studentsB- (36.7)Above average +0.18
28 studentsDist+ (37.6)Well above average +0.81
19.8%AAB or better
100%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24153B- (36.4)+0.23
2022/23154B (39)—
2021/22122B+ (43.3)—
2018/19142C+ (32.3)+0.10
2017/18157C+ (33.3)+0.20
2016/17158C+ (33.5)+0.33
2015/16163C (30.7)+0.23

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/20
Left in 2019/20Since 2016/17
University70−4
Further and other education11+6
Further education10
Other education9+5
Apprenticeship1−1
Employment10−3
Not in a lasting destination3−1
Activity not captured5+4

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Whitmore High School on 18 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
18 Mar 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2015

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2015Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
  • May 2007Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding

What parents said

78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (80 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
78%
Replies
80
5% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼79% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼80% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼73% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼80% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●87% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼75% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲88% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲97% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●91% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼66% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼64% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 76% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼37% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 41% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼62% agreeEngland 67%

based on 16 parents (20%) with SEND

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