Whitefriars School
All-through · Academy converter · Ages 3–18 · Harrow
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.303 miles
Published by London Borough of Harrow · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: Every applicant was offered a place
Reception last distance offered, 2023–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Whitefriars School is an all-through school in Harrow for ages 3–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2024. Harrow has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Whitefriars 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 2.303 mi |
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 2.365 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 1.511 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2023 | 0.867 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 83 first-choice applications for 89 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.303 miles from the school, about the same distance as in 2024.
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026.
- In 2024/25, the A level average grade was C- (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was well above average.
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
- Whitefriars Avenue, Wealdstone, Harrow, HA3 5RQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 3–18
- Council
- Harrow
- Pupils on roll
- 1,419 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this calm, inclusive school.”
- “The new leadership team is clear in its ambition for the school and the standards it has set.”
- “The impact of the changes can be seen and felt in every area of the school.”
To improve
- “It recognises that over time, the curriculum has not been designed or implemented well enough to support pupils to develop their knowledge and understanding across different subjects.”
- “Consequently, published outcomes for pupils, including in external examinations, have been low, and pupils have not been sufficiently prepared for the next stage of their education.”
- “However, there are times when the tasks pupils are given do not match the ambition of the revised curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 44% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 83 first-preference applications, 89 offers in total, 83 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 23 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 23 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Harrow.
- Kingsley High School 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding
- Shaftesbury High School 0.8 mi Not judged
- Alpha Preparatory School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Helix Education Centre 1.0 mi Not judged
- The Jubilee Academy 1.3 mi Outstanding
- Harmony Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Heartwood House 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Reddiford School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade