Shaftesbury High School

State-Funded School

shaftesbury-high-school-harrow-london

LondonRegion

HarrowLocal Authority

Ruislip, Northwood and PinnerConstituency

HA3 6LEPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Shaftesbury High School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Harrow, London.

It currently serves 165 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.

Ethnicity

White

28%

Asian

39%

Black

15%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

165

Total Pupils

65%Boys

35%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

44%

England average

27%

First language not English

50%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 165
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
23 Jun 2025	Outstanding	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
13 Feb 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
30 Nov 2010	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.