Shaftesbury High School
Headstone Lane, Harrow, HA3 6LE
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Sage Ball
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 175
- Pupils on roll
- 165
- URN
- 102260
- Local authority
- Harrow
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02084282482
About this school
Shaftesbury High School is a community special school in Harrow. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 165 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Shaftesbury High School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 26 | 26 | 28 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
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 Shaftesbury 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 172 |
| 2023/24 | 165 |
| 2024/25 | 171 |
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)
- 49.6%
- English as an additional language
- 49.1%
- Overall absence
- 13.8%
- Persistent absence
- 37.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kingsley High School0.3 miles
Special schools · Harrow
-
Harrow Collegiate0.6 miles
Colleges · Harrow
-
The Helix Education Centre1.0 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Harrow
-
Reddiford School1.4 miles
Independent schools · Pinner
-
Alpha Preparatory School1.6 miles
Independent schools · Harrow
Other schools in Harrow
- Alexandra School Academies
- Kingsley High School Special schools
- Pathways School Special schools
- The Helix Education Centre Local authority maintained 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 Shaftesbury High School teach?
- Shaftesbury High School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Harrow.
- Who is the headteacher of Shaftesbury High School?
- The headteacher of Shaftesbury High School is Mr Sage Ball, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Shaftesbury High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Shaftesbury 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 many pupils are at Shaftesbury High School?
- Shaftesbury High School has 165 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Shaftesbury High School full?
- Shaftesbury High School has capacity for 175 pupils and 165 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Shaftesbury High School a faith school?
- No. Shaftesbury High School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Shaftesbury High School have?
- The schools register lists Shaftesbury High School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Shaftesbury High School's absence rate?
- Shaftesbury High School's overall absence rate is 13.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Shaftesbury High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Shaftesbury 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.