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Canons High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Shaldon Road, Edgware HA8 6AN · canons.harrow.sch.uk · 020 8951 5780

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
39.1
average Attainment 8 score. Harrow 51.1, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Harrow Council
Demand for places
0.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,139
89% of 1,280 places
Local authority
Harrow
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
29.5%
First language not English
67.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Canons High School

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Harrow Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 102 families put the school first and 193 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 126 (Places 214)126September 2023: 120 (Places 204)120September 2024: 118 (Places 208)118September 2025: 103 (Places 166)103September 2026: 102 (Places 193)102Places 193
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261931020.5100%
September 2025Sept 20251661030.6100%
September 2024Sept 20242081180.6100%
September 2023Sept 20232041200.6100%
September 2022Sept 20222141260.6100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.1, and 35.2% 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 C (28.8 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: 45.2 (England 46.3)45.22017/18: 41.6 (England 46.5)41.62018/19: 43.2 (England 46.7)43.22021/22: 49.5 (England 48.8)49.52022/23: 43.3 (England 46.3)43.32023/24: 47.6 (England 45.9)47.62024/25: 39.1 (England 46.0)39.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼39.146.0
▼35.2%45.4%
▼48.2%64.8%
▼34.7%40.5%
▼3.404.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form54.6−4.2
Sixth form college10.7+0.9
Further education29.8+4.8
Other education0.5−0.5
Employment0.5−1.5
Not in a lasting destination2−0.9
Activity not captured2+1.5

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: 25.3 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 24.4 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 23.0 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 24.2 (England 32.9)D+2021/22: 27.3 (England 37.9)C-2022/23: 24.0 (England 34.2)D+2023/24: 23.5 (England 34.4)D+2024/25: 28.8 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
84 studentsC (28.8)Average +0.07
84 studentsC (28.8)Average +0.07
22 studentsMerit+ (27.1)Average -0.15
4.5%AAB or better
94.2%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24134D+ (23.5)-0.26
2022/23120D+ (24)—
2021/22111C- (27.3)—
2018/1993D+ (24.2)-0.41
2017/18116D+ (23)-0.36
2016/17111D+ (24.4)-0.12
2015/1696C- (25.3)-0.20

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/20
Left in 2019/20Since 2016/17
University65+1
Further and other education7+6
Further education2—
Other education5—
Employment10−5
Not in a lasting destination10+3
Activity not captured8−1

Ofsted

Canons High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 17 January 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
17 Jan 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2019

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2019Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jun 2013Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Apr 2010Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (10 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
70%
Replies
10
1% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school▼70% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼70% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼60% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●80% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▼70% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn●80% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing▼60% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▲100% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities●90% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼70% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼70% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 100% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼33% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 30% who had a child bullied

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