Avanti House School
Wemborough Road, Stanmore, HA7 2EQ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Hindu
- Trust
- AVANTI SCHOOLS TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Simon Arnell
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Constituency
- Harrow East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,260
- Pupils on roll
- 1,206
- URN
- 138227
- Local authority
- Harrow
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02082496830
About this school
Avanti House School is a Hindu secondary academy in Stanmore. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,206 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. 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
- 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 | 182 | 183 | 180 |
| Attainment 8 score | 61.9 | 66.6 | 64.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.93 +0.72 to +1.14 | +1.10 +0.88 to +1.31 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 80% | 86.3% | 73.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 90% | 95.1% | 87.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 82% | 71.6% | 77.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.0 |
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 Avanti House 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 | 61.9 | 43 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 66.6 | 44.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 64 | 43.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,231 |
| 2023/24 | 1,189 |
| 2024/25 | 1,182 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Avanti House School compares
Avanti House School ranked 1st of 13 secondary schools in Harrow for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 96% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64 | 3.8% | 7.2% | 1,206 | — |
| Park High School | 48.9 | 7% | 26.3% | 1,475 | 0.6 miles |
| Canons High School | 39.1 | 9.8% | 33.3% | 1,139 | 0.9 miles |
| Bentley Wood High School | 58.5 | 7.3% | 29.8% | 1,393 | 1.4 miles |
| The Sacred Heart Language College | 57.9 | 8.1% | 19% | 714 | 1.5 miles |
| Salvatorian Roman Catholic College | 54.1 | 6.2% | 24.4% | 802 | 1.6 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 7.22%
- English as an additional language
- 45.7%
- Overall absence
- 3.78%
- Persistent absence
- 6.25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Park High School0.6 miles
Secondary · Stanmore
-
Canons High School0.9 miles
Secondary · Edgware
-
Bentley Wood High School1.4 miles
Secondary · Stanmore
-
The Sacred Heart Language College1.5 miles
Secondary · Harrow
-
Salvatorian Roman Catholic College1.6 miles
Secondary · Harrow
Other schools in Stanmore
- Bentley Wood High School Secondary
- Park High School Secondary
- Avanti House Primary School Primary
- Aylward Primary School Primary
- St John's CofE School Primary
- Stanburn Primary School Primary
- Whitchurch Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Stanmore College 16 plus
Common questions
- What year groups does Avanti House School teach?
- Avanti House School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Stanmore.
- Who is the principal of Avanti House School?
- The principal of Avanti House School is Mr Simon Arnell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Avanti House School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Avanti House 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 Avanti House School?
- Avanti House School has 1,206 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Avanti House School full?
- Avanti House School has capacity for 1,260 pupils and 1,206 on roll (96%), 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 Avanti House School a faith school?
- Yes. Avanti House School is designated Hindu.
- Is Avanti House School a selective school?
- No. Avanti House School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Avanti House School?
- Avanti House School is part of AVANTI SCHOOLS TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Avanti House School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 61.9 in 2022/23 and 64 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Avanti House School rank locally?
- Avanti House School ranked 1st of 13 secondary schools in Harrow for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 96% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Avanti House School's absence rate?
- Avanti House School's overall absence rate is 3.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Avanti House School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Avanti House 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.