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Whitmore High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,724Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 102239URN

Porlock Avenue, Harrow, HA2 0AD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
5.2per place
2.6 above Harrow median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Harrow

1,338 applications for 257 places · 3rd of 12 in Harrow
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
56.4of 90
6th of 13 in Harrow
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 18 March 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
5.2applications per place, Year 7
2.6 above Harrow median (2.6) 3.0 above England median (2.2)

1,338 applications · 257 places offered · 407 named it first

  1. 2026 5.2; Harrow median median 2.6
  2. 2025 5.2; Harrow median median 2.6
  3. 2024 6.1; Harrow median median 2.4
  4. 2023 5.7; Harrow median median 2.5
  5. 2022 5.7; Harrow median median 2.7
  6. 2021 5.6; Harrow median median 2.6
  7. 2020 6.0; Harrow median median 2.5
  8. 2019 5.6; Harrow median median 3.2
  9. 2018 5.2; Harrow median median 3.0
  10. 2017 5.0; Harrow median median 3.4
  11. 2016 5.0; Harrow median median 3.3
  12. 2015 4.7; Harrow median median 3.4
  13. 2014 5.0; Harrow median median 3.3
More applications per place than the Harrow median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Harrow median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262571,3385.24071.58
Sep 20252621,3685.23481.33
Sep 20242551,5506.14531.78
Sep 20232521,4235.73921.56
Sep 20222551,4415.74531.78
Sep 20212631,4615.64091.56
Sep 20202611,5586.04541.74
Sep 20192631,4605.64431.68
Sep 20182651,3665.23781.43
Sep 20172651,3265.03411.29
Sep 20162611,3055.03301.26
Sep 20152591,2144.72991.15
Sep 20142511,2595.03261.30

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

251 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)56.46th of 13 in Harrow
Grade 5 or above in English and maths58%7th of 13 in Harrow
Grade 4 or above in English and maths79%
  • This school
  • Harrow median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.75
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)25156.458%79%–
2024/2526955.057%73%–
2023/2427054.757%76%+0.75
2022/2326557.761%76%+1.06

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
102239 · 310/4026
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,750 pupils · 1,724 on roll
Free school meals
32.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Address
Porlock Avenue, Harrow, HA2 0AD
Local authority
Harrow

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources