School admissions in Harrow

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 23 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Harrow in figures

For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 28 schools in Harrow first 1,805 times for 1,846 places: 0.98 first choices per place. 7 of the 28 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 6 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.36 miles (Newton Farm Nursery, Infant and Junior School) to 0.83 miles (Uxendon Manor Primary School).

For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 10 schools in Harrow first 1,815 times for 1,976 places: 0.92 first choices per place. 4 of the 10 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.20 miles (Claremont High School) to 0.77 miles (Whitmore High School).

Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.

Reception places, September 2026

28 schools. 7 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
St Anselm's Catholic Primary SchoolHarrow	1.67	60	not published
Hujjat Primary SchoolHarrow	1.56	59	not published
Vaughan Primary SchoolHarrow	1.45	89	0.396 miles 2026
Newton Farm Nursery, Infant and Junior SchoolHarrow	1.29	59	0.359 miles 2026
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolHarrow	1.07	59	not published
Priestmead Primary School and NurseryHarrow	1.04	118	0.823 miles 2026
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolHarrow	1.03	60	not published
Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual SchoolHarrow	1.00	59	not published
Uxendon Manor Primary SchoolHarrow	1.00	87	1343.03 m (≈0.83 mi) 2026
Weald Rise Primary SchoolHarrow	1.00	24	not published
Sinai Jewish Primary SchoolHarrow	0.98	89	not published
St George's Primary Catholic Voluntary AcademyHarrow	0.97	58	not published
Earlsmead Primary SchoolHarrow	0.96	26	not published
Cedars Manor SchoolHarrow	0.96	25	not published
Whitefriars SchoolHarrow	0.93	89	1.304 miles 2022
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School and NurseryHarrow	0.92	52	not published
The Welldon Park AcademyHarrow	0.87	47	0.479 miles 2011
Heathland SchoolHarrow	0.87	76	0.667 miles 2024
Grange Primary SchoolHarrow	0.85	53	not published
Belmont SchoolHarrow	0.85	86	0.608 miles 2022
Kenmore Park Infant and Nursery SchoolHarrow	0.84	76	not published
Marlborough Primary SchoolHarrow	0.82	88	0.761 miles 2026
Elmgrove Primary School & NurseryHarrow	0.81	94	2.315 miles 2011
Longfield Primary SchoolHarrow	0.80	50	0.553 miles 2011
Roxeth Primary SchoolHarrow	0.80	59	0.797 miles 2026
Glebe Primary SchoolHarrow	0.80	54	0.939 miles 2023
Roxbourne Primary SchoolHarrow	0.75	60	0.981 miles 2024
Norbury SchoolHarrow	0.61	90	0.436 miles 2025

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

10 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Whitmore High SchoolHarrow	1.58	257	0.766 miles 2026
Claremont High SchoolHarrow	1.31	260	325.1 m (≈0.20 mi) 2026
JFSHarrow	1.23	338	not published
St Gregory's Catholic Science CollegeHarrow	1.08	190	not published
Salvatorian Roman Catholic CollegeHarrow	0.69	143	not published
Hatch End High SchoolHarrow	0.54	204	not published
The Sacred Heart Language CollegeHarrow	0.43	145	not published
Rooks Heath SchoolHarrow	0.41	204	3.63 miles 2016
Whitefriars SchoolHarrow	0.40	57	0.867 miles 2023
Harrow High SchoolHarrow	0.39	178	not published