Best Secondary Schools in Harrow

We checked all 17 secondary schools in Harrow and list every one: 13 ranked, then 4 without a rank.

Schools checked
17
Ranked
13
Without a rank
4

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Harrow. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Harrow also has 45 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Harrow. Secondary schools are also ranked across all of London.

Ranked secondary schools in Harrow

  1. 1

    Avanti House School

    Free school, 1,206 pupils, inspected June 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    64.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    73.9%

  2. 2

    Nower Hill High School

    Academy, 2,030 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    59.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    67.8%

  3. 3

    Pinner High School

    Free school, 1,111 pupils, inspected May 2019

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    57.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    69.7%

  4. 4

    Bentley Wood High School

    Academy, 1,393 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    58.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    62.4%

  5. 5

    Whitmore High School

    Local authority maintained, 1,724 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    55.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    56.5%

  6. 6

    The Sacred Heart Language College

    Academy, 714 pupils, inspected November 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Attainment 8
    57.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    59.7%

  7. 7

    Salvatorian Roman Catholic College

    Academy, 802 pupils, inspected January 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    54.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    58.5%

  8. 8

    Park High School

    Academy, 1,475 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Attainment 8
    48.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    49%

  9. 9

    Harrow High School

    Academy, 982 pupils, inspected March 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    47.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    47.3%

  10. 10

    Whitefriars School

    Academy, 1,419 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    43.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    45.6%

  11. 11

    Hatch End High School

    Academy, 1,226 pupils, inspected November 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    43.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    38.9%

  12. 12

    Rooks Heath School

    Academy, 1,148 pupils, inspected January 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    40.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    36%

  13. 13

    Canons High School

    Academy, 1,139 pupils, inspected January 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    39.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    35.2%

Secondary schools in Harrow without a rank

  • Harrow School

    Independent, 833 pupils

    No Ofsted inspection
    Attainment 8
    24.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    0%

  • Heartwood House

    Independent, 60 pupils

    No Ofsted inspection
    Attainment 8
    5.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    0%

  • North London Collegiate School

    Independent, Selective, 1,130 pupils

    No Ofsted inspection
    Attainment 8
    19.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    0%

  • The John Lyon School

    Independent, 781 pupils

    No Ofsted inspection
    Attainment 8
    13.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    0%