Are you a parent?

Find out what other parents think about schools... join the No1 parents' community.

Home / Schools Guide / Greater London /
Harrow / Independent secondary

Printable version

Harrow School, Harrow on the Hill

Review this schoolLatest reviews for Harrow School, Harrow on the Hill

This school has not been reviewed yet.


Harrow School details

Address:
Harrow School
High Street, Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex HA1 3HT
Telephone:
020 8872 8007
Fax:
020 8872 8012
Email:
admissions@ harrowschool.org.uk
Website:
www.harrowschool.org.uk
Authority:
Harrow
Gender of entry:
Boys
Age range:
13-18
Number of students:
800
Affiliation:
HMC
Gender of sixth form:
Boys

Find a school:

General information

Headteacher: Barnaby Lenon, appointed in 1999.

Background: Tradition gives Harrow a strong personality but it has also embraced new technology to an advanced level. As London's only and one of the country's few boarding-only schools, Harrow takes the full experience of its pupils seriously. Pastoral care is of a high standard and boys are kept busy with sport, art, music, drama and other hobbies, helped by teachers who all live in. Boys of mixed abilities are accepted; 55% in the common entrance exam can be a sufficient score to qualify for a place; securing one is a different matter, however, the school being oversubscribed by four [BR]to one. The school enjoys a wooded setting in London. Music, drama and art all have a strong following and facilities include the 28,000-volume Vaughn library, laptops in all classrooms, a new design technology building, a recording studio, a rehearsal room for rock groups and a purpose-built theatre.Resources for sports even include a nine-hole golf course. Harrow football is played while soccer, rugby and cricket teams go on international tours. [NEXT] Service and leadership are ingrained via the sixth-form monitor system, Duke of Edinburgh award scheme, Harrow Rifle Corps and charity work. Pupils win a large number of army scholarships. Boarding provision centres around houses. There are no dormitories; boys share with one other for their first one or two years, then get their own room.

Alumni: Seven British prime ministers including Winston Churchill; Nehru of India; Lord Byron, poet; Richard Curtis, comedy writer; Lord Rayleigh, physicist.

Higher education: 100%.

Special needs: Teaching for mild dyslexia.

Inspection: 2000: This is a very good school in which standards of attainment in relation to pupils' capabilities are good or very good across all subjects and which obtains good public examination results. The school is very well led by an experienced and supportive governing body who, together with the head master and his senior management team, provide the school with positive leadership. The school has good levels of pastoral care and relationships among pupils and between them and the staff are of a high order.

Feeder schools: Caldicott; Ludgrove; Wellesley House; Pipplewick; Sunningdale.

Percentage admitted according to academic ability: 100.

Average class size (seniors; 11-16): 16.

Average class size (sixth form): 10.

Browse through all the Harrow schools. Or view different types of school in Harrow

Bookmark and share

Add to bookmark

Add Harrow School in Harrow to your favourite online bookmark.

Email a friend

Email a friend about Harrow School in Harrow.