The Helix Education Centre
94 Uxbridge Road, Harrow, HA3 6DH
- Phase
- Local authority maintained schools
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Burton
- Constituency
- Harrow East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 46
- URN
- 102180
- Local authority
- Harrow
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02083534170
About this school
The Helix Education Centre is a special school in Harrow. It teaches children aged 5 to 16 and has 46 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Helix Education Centre, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How The Helix Education Centre has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37 |
| 2023/24 | 35 |
| 2024/25 | 36 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 63.89%
- English as an additional language
- 61.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kingsley High School0.7 miles
Special schools · Harrow
-
Shaftesbury High School1.0 miles
Special schools · Harrow
-
Harrow Collegiate1.0 miles
Colleges · Harrow
-
North London Collegiate School1.8 miles
Independent schools · Middlesex
-
Alpha Preparatory School1.9 miles
Independent schools · Harrow
Other schools in Harrow
- Alexandra School Academies
- Kingsley High School Special schools
- Pathways School Special schools
- Shaftesbury High School Special schools
- The Jubilee Academy Free Schools
- Belmont School Primary
- Cedars Manor School Primary
- Earlsmead Primary School Primary
- Elmgrove Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Glebe Primary School Primary
- Grange Primary School Primary
- Heathland School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does The Helix Education Centre teach?
- The Helix Education Centre teaches children aged 5 to 16. It is a special school in Harrow.
- Who is the headteacher of The Helix Education Centre?
- The headteacher of The Helix Education Centre is Mr Andrew Burton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Helix Education Centre been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Helix Education Centre, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at The Helix Education Centre?
- The Helix Education Centre has 46 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 16.
- Is The Helix Education Centre a faith school?
- No. The Helix Education Centre has no designated religious character.
- Does The Helix Education Centre publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for The Helix Education Centre. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.