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Secondary schools in Harrow

Where pupils go after Year 11 and after sixth form, school by school, with GCSE results. Destinations are for the 2023 leavers; results are from 2025.

What the data says

Harrow has 13 state-funded secondary schools. Of the 2,618 pupils who finished Year 11 here in 2023, 94% stayed in education (England 86%): 49% in a school sixth form, 12% at a sixth form college, 32% at a further education college.

3% of leavers had no sustained destination six months on, fewer than the 6% across England.

After sixth form, 60% of students in Harrow went to university (England 37%), and 26% of level 3 students reached one of the most selective universities (England 19%).

GCSE results in 2025: Attainment 8 of 51.1 against 46.1 for England; 54% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths (England 45%).

After Year 11: Harrow against England

Harrow
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureHarrowEngland
Pupils in the cohort2,618607,348
Stayed in education94%86%
— school sixth form49%34%
— sixth form college12%13%
— further education college32%37%
Apprenticeship—3%
Employment—3%
No sustained destination3%6%

Where each school’s Year 11 leavers went

One band per school, sorted by the size of its 2023 Year 11 cohort. Band width is pupils; hover a band for the share, click a school for its profile. Counts are worked back from the percentages DfE publishes, so a band can be out by a pupil.

Nower Hill High School → School sixth form: about 213 pupils (66% of 322)Nower Hill High School → Sixth form college: about 10 pupils (3% of 322)Nower Hill High School → Further education college: about 87 pupils (27% of 322)Nower Hill High School → Apprenticeship: about 3 pupils (1% of 322)Nower Hill High School → Employment: about 3 pupils (1% of 322)Whitmore High School → School sixth form: about 167 pupils (63% of 265)Whitmore High School → Sixth form college: about 13 pupils (5% of 265)Whitmore High School → Further education college: about 66 pupils (25% of 265)Whitmore High School → Other education: about 3 pupils (1% of 265)Whitmore High School → Employment: about 3 pupils (1% of 265)Whitmore High School → No sustained destination: about 11 pupils (4% of 265)Park High School → School sixth form: about 133 pupils (51% of 261)Park High School → Sixth form college: about 13 pupils (5% of 261)Park High School → Further education college: about 102 pupils (39% of 261)Park High School → No sustained destination: about 8 pupils (3% of 261)Bentley Wood High School → School sixth form: about 141 pupils (65% of 217)Bentley Wood High School → Sixth form college: about 11 pupils (5% of 217)Bentley Wood High School → Further education college: about 50 pupils (23% of 217)Bentley Wood High School → Other education: about 7 pupils (3% of 217)Bentley Wood High School → No sustained destination: about 4 pupils (2% of 217)Canons High School → School sixth form: about 81 pupils (38% of 212)Canons High School → Sixth form college: about 25 pupils (12% of 212)Canons High School → Further education college: about 83 pupils (39% of 212)Canons High School → Other education: about 2 pupils (1% of 212)Canons High School → Apprenticeship: about 2 pupils (1% of 212)Canons High School → Employment: about 2 pupils (1% of 212)Canons High School → No sustained destination: about 2 pupils (1% of 212)Rooks Heath School → School sixth form: about 94 pupils (48% of 196)Rooks Heath School → Sixth form college: about 14 pupils (7% of 196)Rooks Heath School → Further education college: about 71 pupils (36% of 196)Rooks Heath School → Apprenticeship: about 2 pupils (1% of 196)Rooks Heath School → Employment: about 2 pupils (1% of 196)Rooks Heath School → No sustained destination: about 14 pupils (7% of 196)Avanti House School → School sixth form: about 116 pupils (64% of 182)Avanti House School → Sixth form college: about 18 pupils (10% of 182)Avanti House School → Further education college: about 38 pupils (21% of 182)Avanti House School → Other education: about 4 pupils (2% of 182)Avanti House School → Apprenticeship: about 2 pupils (1% of 182)Avanti House School → Employment: about 2 pupils (1% of 182)Avanti House School → No sustained destination: about 2 pupils (1% of 182)The Sacred Heart Language College → School sixth form: about 27 pupils (15% of 181)The Sacred Heart Language College → Sixth form college: about 110 pupils (61% of 181)The Sacred Heart Language College → Further education college: about 40 pupils (22% of 181)The Sacred Heart Language College → Other education: about 2 pupils (1% of 181)The Sacred Heart Language College → Apprenticeship: about 2 pupils (1% of 181)The Sacred Heart Language College → No sustained destination: about 2 pupils (1% of 181)Pinner High School → School sixth form: about 125 pupils (70% of 178)Pinner High School → Sixth form college: about 14 pupils (8% of 178)Pinner High School → Further education college: about 27 pupils (15% of 178)Pinner High School → Apprenticeship: about 2 pupils (1% of 178)Pinner High School → No sustained destination: about 7 pupils (4% of 178)Hatch End High School → School sixth form: about 75 pupils (43% of 175)Hatch End High School → Sixth form college: about 7 pupils (4% of 175)Hatch End High School → Further education college: about 82 pupils (47% of 175)Hatch End High School → No sustained destination: about 9 pupils (5% of 175)Harrow High School → School sixth form: about 55 pupils (32% of 172)Harrow High School → Sixth form college: about 21 pupils (12% of 172)Harrow High School → Further education college: about 83 pupils (48% of 172)Harrow High School → Apprenticeship: about 2 pupils (1% of 172)Harrow High School → No sustained destination: about 10 pupils (6% of 172)Whitefriars School → School sixth form: about 41 pupils (28% of 146)Whitefriars School → Sixth form college: about 3 pupils (2% of 146)Whitefriars School → Further education college: about 85 pupils (58% of 146)Whitefriars School → Other education: about 1 pupils (1% of 146)Whitefriars School → Employment: about 1 pupils (1% of 146)Whitefriars School → No sustained destination: about 9 pupils (6% of 146)Salvatorian Roman Catholic College → School sixth form: about 6 pupils (8% of 78)Salvatorian Roman Catholic College → Sixth form college: about 46 pupils (59% of 78)Salvatorian Roman Catholic College → Further education college: about 18 pupils (23% of 78)Salvatorian Roman Catholic College → Other education: about 1 pupils (1% of 78)Salvatorian Roman Catholic College → Employment: about 1 pupils (1% of 78)Salvatorian Roman Catholic College → No sustained destination: about 3 pupils (4% of 78)Nower Hill High School: 322 pupilsNower Hill High School 322Whitmore High School: 265 pupilsWhitmore High School 265Park High School: 261 pupilsPark High School 261Bentley Wood High School: 217 pupilsBentley Wood High School 217Canons High School: 212 pupilsCanons High School 212Rooks Heath School: 196 pupilsRooks Heath School 196Avanti House School: 182 pupilsAvanti House School 182The Sacred Heart Language College: 181 pupilsThe Sacred Heart Language College 181Pinner High School: 178 pupilsPinner High School 178Hatch End High School: 175 pupilsHatch End High School 175Harrow High School: 172 pupilsHarrow High School 172Whitefriars School: 146 pupilsWhitefriars School 146Salvatorian Roman Catholic College: 78 pupilsSalvatorian Roman Catholic College 78School sixth form: 1,274 pupils (49% of Harrow’s leavers)School sixth form 1,274Sixth form college: 305 pupils (12% of Harrow’s leavers)Sixth form college 305Further education college: 832 pupils (32% of Harrow’s leavers)Further education college 832Other education: 20 pupils (1% of Harrow’s leavers)Apprenticeship: 15 pupils (1% of Harrow’s leavers)Employment: 14 pupils (1% of Harrow’s leavers)No sustained destination: 81 pupils (3% of Harrow’s leavers)
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination

Map of secondary schools in Harrow

Darker blue means a larger share of Year 11 leavers stayed in education. Click a school for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors.

State-funded secondary schools (13)

Sorted by name. Click a school for its full picture. “Stayed in education” counts school sixth forms, sixth form colleges and FE colleges together.

SchoolPupilsStayed in educationSchool sixth formFE collegeApprenticeshipTo universityAttainment 85+ Eng & maths
Avanti House SchoolFree schools · sixth form1,20697%64%21%1%75%64.074%
Bentley Wood High SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form1,39395%65%23%—72%58.562%
Canons High SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form1,13989%38%39%1%54%39.135%
Harrow High SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form98291%32%48%1%79%47.447%
Hatch End High SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form1,22694%43%47%0%56%43.939%
Nower Hill High SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form2,03097%66%27%1%77%59.068%
Park High SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form1,47595%51%39%—74%48.949%
Pinner High SchoolFree schools · sixth form1,11193%70%15%1%81%57.170%
Rooks Heath SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form1,14891%48%36%1%84%40.736%
Salvatorian Roman Catholic CollegeAcademy converter · sixth form80291%8%23%0%—54.159%
The Sacred Heart Language CollegeAcademy converter71498%15%22%1%—57.960%
Whitefriars SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form1,41988%28%58%0%65%43.046%
Whitmore High SchoolCommunity school · sixth form1,72493%63%25%—77%55.057%

Independent schools, colleges and special schools with published data (9)

SchoolPupilsStayed in educationSchool sixth formFE collegeApprenticeshipTo universityAttainment 85+ Eng & maths
Harrow Collegiatecollege · Sixth form centres—————72%——
Stanmore Collegecollege · Further education—————21%——
St Dominic's Sixth Form Collegecollege · Further education—————77%——
Harrow Schoolindependent · Other independent school · sixth form833—————24.90%
Heartwood Houseindependent · Other independent school60—————5.50%
North London Collegiate Schoolindependent · Other independent school · sixth form · selective1,130—————19.90%
The John Lyon Schoolindependent · Other independent school · sixth form781—————13.70%
Kingsley High Schoolspecial · Community special school · sixth form134100%0%13%0%———
Shaftesbury High Schoolspecial · Community special school · sixth form16592%0%31%0%———

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