Whitmore High School

Type Secondary / Community school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Porlock Avenue
Harrow
HA2 0AD
Phone 02088647688
Reference Number 102239

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1733
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.13%
Girls: 48.87%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 28.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 66.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 132 134 266
8 139 130 269
9 141 129 270
10 141 133 274
11 146 127 273
12 105 101 206
13 82 93 175

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
Asian, Other 28.6%
Indian 17%
White, Other 10.3%
African 9.5%
Pakistani 6.1%
White, British 5.9%
Mixed, Other 3.6%
Caribbean 2.6%
White & Asian 2.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.7%
Unclassified 1.4%
White & Black (African) 1.1%
Chinese 0.7%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2015-03-30
Date Description Report
2015-03-05 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2009-02-09 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2007-05-02 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2002-02-04 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
54.7 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 56.7% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 74.4% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 39.04 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 40.24 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) B B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 21.9% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 369 15
Third Preference 304 10
From another Local Authority 260 0

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Grange Primary School
Welbeck Road, South Harrow, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 0RY
0.24 miles
Hillview Nursery School
2 Grange Road, South Harrow, HA2 0LW
0.42 miles
Vaughan Primary School
The Gardens, Vaughan Road, West Harrow, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 4EL
0.48 miles
Roxeth Primary School
Brickfields, Byron Hill Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 0JA
0.48 miles
St Anselm's Catholic Primary School
Roxborough Park, Harrow, HA1 3BE
0.55 miles
The Welldon Park Academy
Wyvenhoe Road, Harrow, HA2 8LS
0.82 miles
Alexandra School
Alexandra Avenue, South Harrow, Harrow, HA2 9DX
0.83 miles
Orley Farm School
South Hill Avenue, Harrow, HA1 3NU
0.84 miles
Longfield Primary School
Duke's Avenue, North Harrow, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 7NZ
0.87 miles
Buckingham Preparatory School
458 Rayners Lane, Pinner, HA5 5DT
0.88 miles
Norbury School
Welldon Crescent, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 1QQ
0.9 miles
Newton Farm Nursery, Infant and Junior School
Ravenswood Crescent, South Harrow, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 9JU
0.96 miles
Heathland School
Eastcote Lane, South Harrow, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 9AG
1 miles
Alpha Preparatory School
21 Hindes Road, Harrow, HA1 1SH
1.14 miles
St George's Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy
Sudbury Hill, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 3SB
1.15 miles
Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School
120 138 Station Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 2DJ
1.24 miles
Marlborough Primary School
Marlborough Hill, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 1UJ
1.27 miles
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
Melrose Road, Pinner, HA5 5RA
1.3 miles
Harmony Primary School
80 Gayton Road, Harrow, HA1 2LS
1.3 miles
Roxbourne Primary School
Torbay Road, Harrow, HA2 9QF
1.33 miles
Name Distance
The John Lyon School
Middle Road, Harrow-on-the-Hill, HA2 0HN
0.43 miles
Harrow School
5 High Street, Harrow-on-the-Hill, HA1 3HP
0.68 miles
St Dominic's Sixth Form College
Mount Park Avenue, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, HA1 3HX
0.68 miles
Seva Education
145 Kingsley Road, Harrow, South Harrow, HA2 8LF
0.92 miles
Heartwood House
13 Kenton Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 2BW
1 miles
Rooks Heath School
Eastcote Lane, South Harrow, Harrow, HA2 9AH
1.1 miles
Harrow High School
Gayton Road, Harrow, HA1 2JG
1.19 miles
Gesher School
Cannon Lane, Pinner, HA5 1JF
1.31 miles
Nower Hill High School
George V Avenue, Pinner, HA5 5RP
1.32 miles
Pinner High School
Beaulieu Drive, PINNER, Middlesex, HA5 1NB
1.54 miles
Northolt High School
Eastcote Lane, Northolt, Middlesex, UB5 4HP
1.74 miles
Whitefriars School
Whitefriars Avenue, Wealdstone, Harrow, Middlesex, HA3 5RQ
1.79 miles
Harrow Collegiate
Harrow Teachers Centre, Harrow, HA3 5PQ
1.81 miles
Queensmead School
Queens Walk, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 0LS
1.89 miles
Salvatorian Roman Catholic College
High Road, Harrow Weald, Harrow, HA3 5DY
1.95 miles
Wembley High Technology College
East Lane, North Wembley, Middlesex, HA0 3NT
1.96 miles
The Sacred Heart Language College
High Street, Wealdstone, Harrow, HA3 7AY
1.96 miles
Shaftesbury High School
Headstone Lane, Harrow, HA3 6LE
2.19 miles
St Gregory's Catholic Science College
Donnington Road, Kenton, Harrow, HA3 0NB
2.2 miles
Belvue School
Rowdell Road, Northolt, UB5 6AG
2.27 miles
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