Whitmore High School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Harrow
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.766 miles
Published by London Borough of Harrow · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2023–2026 (miles)
Whitmore High School is a secondary school in Harrow for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 March 2025. Harrow has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Whitmore High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.766 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 0.791 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 0.717 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 0.743 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 0.766 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 4 Harrow secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and in 2023, and stayed close to the year before in every year with a published distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 407 first-choice applications for 257 offers; 216 offers went to first-choice families, and 191 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 242 of the 1,338 applications (18%) for Year 7 in 2026 came from families living outside Harrow; 1 offer went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Harrow schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Porlock Avenue, Harrow, HA2 0AD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Harrow
- Pupils on roll
- 1,724 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “Outcomes over time are excellent, and this includes the performance of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Pupils achieve particularly well at this school due to the ambitious curriculum provided and the school’s inclusive ethos.”
- “The expectations for pupils’ learning are consistently high across the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 57% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 407 first-preference applications, 257 offers in total, 216 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Harrow.
- Rooks Heath School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harrow High School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Nower Hill High School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Pinner High School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Salvatorian Roman Catholic College 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Sacred Heart Language College 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hatch End High School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Park High School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published