Canons High School
Shaldon Road, Edgware, HA8 6AN
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CANONS HIGH SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mr David Bullock
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Harrow East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,280
- Pupils on roll
- 1,139
- URN
- 137199
- Local authority
- Harrow
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02089515780
About this school
Canons High School is a secondary academy in Edgware. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,139 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Canons 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- 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 | 212 | 205 | 193 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.3 | 47.6 | 39.1 |
| Progress 8 score | 0.00 -0.21 to +0.21 | -0.07 -0.28 to +0.13 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 46.3% | 35.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 67.3% | 48.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 20% | 16.1% | 34.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 |
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 Canons 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 | 43.3 | 43 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 47.6 | 44.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 39.1 | 43.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,302 |
| 2023/24 | 1,257 |
| 2024/25 | 1,217 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Canons High School compares
Canons High School ranked 13th of 13 secondary schools in Harrow for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 36% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39.1 | 9.8% | 33.3% | 1,139 | — |
| Park High School | 48.9 | 7% | 26.3% | 1,475 | 0.6 miles |
| Kingsbury High School | 47.3 | 6.6% | 30.9% | 2,001 | 0.9 miles |
| Avanti House School | 64 | 3.8% | 7.2% | 1,206 | 0.9 miles |
| Claremont High School | 54.8 | 6.5% | 18.9% | 1,695 | 1.1 miles |
| JFS | 64.6 | 7.1% | 5.7% | 2,091 | 1.3 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)
- 33.3%
- English as an additional language
- 67.4%
- Overall absence
- 9.75%
- Persistent absence
- 39.66%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Park High School0.6 miles
Secondary · Stanmore
-
Kingsbury High School0.9 miles
Secondary · London
-
Avanti House School0.9 miles
Secondary · Stanmore
-
Claremont High School1.1 miles
Secondary · Harrow
-
JFS1.3 miles
Secondary · Harrow
Other schools in Edgware
- Barnfield Primary School Primary
- Beit Shvidler Primary School Primary
- Camrose Primary With Nursery Primary
- Edgware Primary School Primary
- Goldbeaters Primary School Primary
- Krishna Avanti Primary School Primary
- Menorah Foundation School Primary
- Rosh Pinah Primary School Primary
- Saracens Broadfields Primary
- Shalom Noam Primary School Primary
- Stag Lane Primary School Primary
- The Annunciation Catholic Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Canons High School teach?
- Canons High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Edgware.
- Who is the headteacher of Canons High School?
- The headteacher of Canons High School is Mr David Bullock, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Canons High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Canons 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 Canons High School?
- Canons High School has 1,139 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Canons High School full?
- Canons High School has capacity for 1,280 pupils and 1,139 on roll (89%), 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 Canons High School a faith school?
- No. Canons High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Canons High School a selective school?
- No. Canons High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Canons High School part of an academy trust?
- Canons High School is part of CANONS HIGH SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Canons High School have?
- The schools register lists Canons High School's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Canons High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.3 in 2022/23 and 39.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Canons High School compare with other schools in Harrow?
- Canons High School ranked 13th of 13 secondary schools in Harrow for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 36% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Canons High School's absence rate?
- Canons High School's overall absence rate is 9.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Canons High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Canons 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 1 July 2026.