Whitefriars School
All-through schoolWhitefriars School is a all-through school in Harrow, for pupils aged 3 to 18. It had 1,419 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), March 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 13 March 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 44% of pupils at Whitefriars School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 72% in Harrow and 62% in England.
1% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Whitefriars School was 45.1, against 51.7 in Harrow and 46.2 in England.
45.3% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Harrow | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 44% | 72% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 108 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Harrow | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 45.1 | 51.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45.3% | 54.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58.1% | 70.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 148 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Salvatorian Roman Catholic CollegeSecondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 55.0 (2025/26, provisional)250 m
- The Sacred Heart Language CollegeSecondary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 59.2 (2025/26, provisional)350 m
- Harrow CollegiateSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file380 m
- Marlborough Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2023. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- Belmont SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)930 m
- Cedars Manor SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Harrow
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).