Park High SchoolCanons High School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Park High School and Canons High School are secondary schools.

  • Park High School scores 61 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Canons High School scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Park High School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Park High School was judged the expected standard and Canons High School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 48.9 for Park High School and 39.1 for Canons High School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Park High School (52.9 in 2021-22, 48.9 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Canons High School (49.5 in 2021-22, 39.1 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Park High School versus Canons High School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure StanmorePark High SchoolEdgwareCanons High SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC61/100Stronger figureD53/100
Local ranking9th of 13 in Harrow Stronger figure12th of 13 in Harrow
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,471 1,217
Capacity1,800 1,280
LocationStanmore, HA7 1PL Edgware, HA8 6AN
GCSE results
Attainment 848.9 Stronger figure39.1 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths49.0% Stronger figure35.2% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths73.2% Stronger figure48.2% 64.8%
Entering EBacc73.2% Stronger figure34.7% 40.5%
EBacc average point score4.61 Stronger figure3.40 4.09
Cohort261 193
A-level results
A-level entries97 84
A-level average points31.5 Stronger figure28.8 35.0
A-level average gradeC C
Best 3 A-levels points31.6 Stronger figure29.2 35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects8.2% Stronger figure4.5% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,471 1,217
Free school meals (ever 6)26.3% 33.3%
English as an additional language68.5% 67.4%
SEN support12.6% 7.6%
SEN with an EHC plan2.5% 1.2%
Attendance
Overall absence7.0% Stronger figure9.8% 6.2%
Persistent absence21.8% Stronger figure39.7% 15.8%

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.

Park High School

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