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. 34 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.
Reception places, September 2026
40 schools. 13 received more first preferences than they had places.
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
13 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avanti House School | 2.20 | 167 | 0.196 miles |
| Whitmore High School | 1.58 | 257 | 0.766 miles |
| Pinner High School | 1.34 | 169 | 0.548 miles |
| Nower Hill High School | 1.26 | 310 | 0.886 miles |
| Bentley Wood High School | 0.92 | 235 | not published |
| Salvatorian Roman Catholic College | 0.69 | 143 | not published |
| Park High School | 0.62 | 261 | 1.128 miles |
| Hatch End High School | 0.54 | 204 | not published |
| Canons High School | 0.53 | 193 | 0.823 miles |
| The Sacred Heart Language College | 0.43 | 145 | not published |
| Rooks Heath School | 0.41 | 204 | 3.63 miles |
| Whitefriars School | 0.40 | 57 | 0.867 miles |
| Harrow High School | 0.39 | 178 | not published |
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.