Whitmore High School
Porlock Avenue, Harrow, HA2 0AD
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr James Rebbitt
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability
- Constituency
- Harrow West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,750
- Pupils on roll
- 1,724
- URN
- 102239
- Local authority
- Harrow
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088647688
About this school
Whitmore High School is a community secondary school in Harrow. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,724 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 265 | 270 | 269 |
| Attainment 8 score | 57.7 | 54.7 | 55.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +1.06 +0.88 to +1.24 | +0.75 +0.58 to +0.93 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 61% | 56.7% | 56.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 75.9% | 72.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 93% | 90.7% | 91.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Whitmore High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Harrow average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57.7 | 43 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 54.7 | 44.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 55 | 43.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,733 |
| 2023/24 | 1,733 |
| 2024/25 | 1,739 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Whitmore High School compares
Whitmore High School ranked 6th of 13 secondary schools in Harrow for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 87% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55 | 5.1% | 32.3% | 1,724 | — |
| Rooks Heath School | 40.7 | 8% | 36.4% | 1,148 | 1.1 miles |
| Harrow High School | 47.4 | 8.4% | 31.5% | 982 | 1.2 miles |
| Nower Hill High School | 59 | 5.9% | 19.1% | 2,030 | 1.3 miles |
| Pinner High School | 57.1 | 6.6% | 13% | 1,111 | 1.5 miles |
| Islip Manor High School | 38.3 | 14.8% | 43.2% | 772 | 1.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 32.29%
- English as an additional language
- 68.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.08%
- Persistent absence
- 12.27%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rooks Heath School1.1 miles
Secondary · Harrow
-
Harrow High School1.2 miles
Secondary · Harrow
-
Nower Hill High School1.3 miles
Secondary · Pinner
-
Pinner High School1.5 miles
Secondary · Pinner
-
Islip Manor High School1.7 miles
Secondary · Northolt
Other schools in Harrow
Whitmore High School ranks 4th of the 10 ranked secondary schools in Harrow.
- Claremont High School Secondary
- Harrow High School Secondary
- Hatch End High School Secondary
- JFS Secondary
- Rooks Heath School Secondary
- Salvatorian Roman Catholic College Secondary
- St Gregory's Catholic Science College Secondary
- The Sacred Heart Language College Secondary
- Belmont School Primary
- Cedars Manor School Primary
- Earlsmead Primary School Primary
- Elmgrove Primary School & Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Whitmore High School teach?
- Whitmore High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Harrow.
- Who is the headteacher of Whitmore High School?
- The headteacher of Whitmore High School is Mr James Rebbitt, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Whitmore High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Whitmore High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Whitmore High School?
- Whitmore High School has 1,724 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Whitmore High School full?
- Whitmore High School has capacity for 1,750 pupils and 1,724 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Whitmore High School a faith school?
- No. Whitmore High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Whitmore High School a selective school?
- No. Whitmore High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- What SEN provision does Whitmore High School have?
- The schools register lists Whitmore High School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Whitmore High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 57.7 in 2022/23 and 55 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Whitmore High School rank locally?
- Whitmore High School ranked 6th of 13 secondary schools in Harrow for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 87% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Whitmore High School's absence rate?
- Whitmore High School's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Whitmore High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Whitmore High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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.