Harrow High SchoolSt Gregory's Catholic Science College

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Harrow.

Summary of the comparison

Harrow High School and St Gregory's Catholic Science College are secondary schools in Harrow.

  • Harrow High School scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Gregory's Catholic Science College scores 78 out of 100 (grade B, strong). St Gregory's Catholic Science College is ahead on our composite score.

  • Harrow High School was judged Good and St Gregory's Catholic Science College was judged Outstanding.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 47.4 for Harrow High School and 60.6 for St Gregory's Catholic Science College.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has risen at Harrow High School (44.6 in 2021-22, 47.4 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at St Gregory's Catholic Science College (60.4 in 2021-22, 60.6 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Harrow High School versus St Gregory's Catholic Science College compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure HarrowHarrow High SchoolHarrowSt Gregory's Catholic Science CollegeEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC65/100B78/100Stronger figure
Local ranking8th of 13 in Harrow 4th of 16 in Brent
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,013 1,160
Capacity1,100 1,058
LocationHarrow, HA1 2JG Harrow, HA3 0NB
GCSE results
Attainment 847.4 60.6 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths47.3% 67.6% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths64.5% 85.4% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc60.9% 94.6% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score4.35 5.81 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort169 185
A-level results
A-level entries35 80
A-level average points34.8 38.1 Stronger figure35.0
A-level average gradeC+ B-
Best 3 A-levels points36.8 37.3 Stronger figure35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects19.4% 19.6% Stronger figure17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,013 1,160
Free school meals (ever 6)31.5% 13.9%
English as an additional language74.8% 56.5%
SEN support14.5% 10.2%
SEN with an EHC plan1.5% 3.1%
Attendance
Overall absence8.4% 5.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence24.8% 12.7% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Harrow High School

St Gregory's Catholic Science College

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