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Hatch End High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Headstone Lane, Harrow HA3 6NR · hatchend.harrow.sch.uk · 020 8428 4330
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 43.9
- 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
- 1,226
- 92% of 1,337 places
- Local authority
- Harrow
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 36%
- First language not English
- 54.9%
- School census 2025/26
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, 110 families put the school first and 204 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 204 | 110 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 200 | 100 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 230 | 102 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 211 | 94 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 211 | 98 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.9, and 38.9% 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+ (32.2 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼43.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼38.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼58.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲72.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.03 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 47 | −2.3 |
| Sixth form college | 6.5 | +0.8 |
| Further education | 34.5 | −4.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 1 | — |
| Employment | 1 | +0.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8 | +4.4 |
| Activity not captured | 2 | +0.6 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 students | C+ (32.2) | Above average +0.20 | |
| 57 students | C+ (32.4) | Above average +0.20 | |
| 50 students | Merit+ (29.7) | Average +0.04 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 70 | C+ (32.7) | +0.39 |
| 2022/23 | 62 | C+ (33.4) | — |
| 2021/22 | 85 | B (38.5) | — |
| 2018/19 | 106 | C- (27.5) | +0.01 |
| 2017/18 | 126 | C (31.1) | +0.28 |
| 2016/17 | 136 | C- (27.6) | +0.15 |
| 2015/16 | 175 | C- (27.2) | +0.11 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2019/20 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 74 | −7 |
| Further and other education | 10 | +9 |
| Further education | 1 | — |
| Other education | 9 | — |
| Employment | 4 | −6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6 | +1 |
| Activity not captured | 6 | +4 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 29 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Hatch End High School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 28 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Nov 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Feb 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good
What parents said
72% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (68 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 72%
- Replies
- 68
- 5% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 51% who had a child bullied
based on 16 parents (24%) with SEND