Schools in Harrow
72 schools in the Harrow local authority.
Schools
72
Open schools
Pupils
42,333
2025–26 census
Good or better
98%
50 of 51 graded
Academic Performance
7.2
out of 10 · 61 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 15 29%
- Good
- 35 69%
- Requires improvement
- 1 2%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
6 inspected since 2024, no overall grade15 not judged
7.2
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 61 of 72 schools that can be scored
Pupils
42,333
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 71 of 72 schools (42,333 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
24%Asian
51%Black
7%Mixed
9%Chinese
<1%Any other group
7%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 60 of 72 schools (38,498 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 20.0%
- First language not English
- 64.4%
- Young carers
- <1%
7,682 of 38,498 pupils · 60 of 72 schools
24,808 of 38,498 pupils · 60 of 72 schools
356 of 38,427 pupils · 59 of 72 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 44
- Secondary
- 16
- All-through
- 2
- Special
- 4
- Nursery
- 1
- PRU
- 2
- Not recorded
- 3
Top primary schools in Harrow
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.St Anselm's Catholic Primary SchoolHarrow · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolHarrow · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 3.Grimsdyke SchoolHarrow · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 4.Priestmead Primary School and NurseryHarrow · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 5.St George's Primary Catholic Voluntary AcademyHarrow · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 6.Vaughan Primary SchoolHarrow · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 7.Pinner Wood SchoolHarrow · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 8.Cannon Lane Primary SchoolHarrow · Primary9.0/10
- 9.Krishna Avanti Primary SchoolHarrow · Primary9.0/10
- 10.Newton Farm Nursery, Infant and Junior SchoolHarrow · Primary8.8/10Good
- 11.St Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolHarrow · Primary8.8/10
- 12.Roxbourne Primary SchoolHarrow · Primary8.7/10Good
- 13.Stag Lane Primary SchoolHarrow · Primary8.5/10
- 14.West Lodge Primary SchoolHarrow · Primary8.5/10Good
- 15.Avanti House Primary SchoolHarrow · Primary8.4/10Good
- 16.Stanburn Primary SchoolHarrow · Primary8.2/10Good
- 17.Camrose Primary With NurseryHarrow · Primary8.1/10Good
- 18.Pinner Park Primary SchoolHarrow · Primary7.9/10Good
- 19.St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolHarrow · Primary7.9/10Good
- 20.Roxeth Primary SchoolHarrow · Primary7.6/10
Top secondary schools in Harrow
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Bentley Wood High SchoolHarrow · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 2.Nower Hill High SchoolHarrow · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 3.Pinner High SchoolHarrow · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 4.Avanti House SchoolHarrow · Secondary9.0/10
- 5.The Sacred Heart Language CollegeHarrow · Secondary8.8/10
- 6.Whitmore High SchoolHarrow · Secondary8.5/10
- 7.Salvatorian Roman Catholic CollegeHarrow · Secondary8.2/10Good
- 8.Park High SchoolHarrow · Secondary7.5/10
- 9.Harrow High SchoolHarrow · Secondary6.7/10Good
- 10.Whitefriars SchoolHarrow · Secondary5.6/10Good
- 11.Hatch End High SchoolHarrow · Secondary3.8/10Good
- 12.Rooks Heath SchoolHarrow · Secondary2.8/10Good
- 13.Canons High SchoolHarrow · Secondary2.4/10Good
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About schools in Harrow
- How many schools are there in Harrow?
- Harrow has 72 open schools — 44 primary, 16 secondary, 4 special, 1 nursery, teaching 42,333 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Harrow are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 50 of the 51 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 98% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 15 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 72: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Harrow?
- 7.2 out of 10, averaged across the 61 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Harrow schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 21 schools in Harrow currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Harrow local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Harrow covers 72 schools and sits in the London region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Harrow are eligible for free school meals?
- 20.0% — 7,682 of 38,498 pupils at the 60 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the London region.