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Whitmore High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 56 56.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
56.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
57.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
21.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.75 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 55[6] 56.5%[6]
2023/24 54.7[4] 56.7%[4] +0.75[4]
2022/23 57.7[7] 61%[7] +1.06[7]
2021/22 59.9[8] 69%[8] +1.15[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
19.8% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 19.3%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 21.9%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 23%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 8.9%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
63% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
5% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
25% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2021/22[15]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 98%[15] 63%[15] 9%[15] 22%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 63%[16] 4%[16] 28%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 57%[17] 5%[17] 34%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 68%[18] 5%[18] 26%[18] 1%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
77% 2022/23[19]
Education
79% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
8% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 69%[20] 71%[20] 3%[20] 15%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 71%[21] 84%[21] 0%[21] 9%[21]
2019/20 92%[22] 70%[22] 81%[22] 1%[22] 10%[22]
2018/19 90%[23] 77%[23] 79%[23] 1%[23] 10%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
84% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
32% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
30% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 85%[26] 27%[26]
2019/20 87%[25] 33%[25] 30%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 89%[27] 22%[27] 16%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 90%[28] 31%[28] 26%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
18 Mar 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
11 May 2025[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
5.2 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
1338 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
407 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
257 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1368[30] 348[30] 262[30] 5.2[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2024 1550[30] 453[30] 255[30] 6.1[30] 1.8[30]
Entry Sept 2023 1423[30] 392[30] 252[30] 5.6[30] 1.6[30]
Entry Sept 2022 1441[30] 453[30] 255[30] 5.7[30] 1.8[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1750[1]
Local authority
Harrow[1]
Website
http://www.whitmore.harrow.sch.uk/[1]
District
Harrow[31]
Postcode
HA2 0AD[1]
URN
102239[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1739 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
68.2% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
4.7% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
3.9% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
32.3% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
15.8%[33]
Mixed
9.3%[33]
Asian
54.4%[33]
Black
12.1%[33]
Any other ethnic group
7.1%[33]
Unclassified
1.4%[33]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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