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Park High School

Secondary · Stanmore · HA7 1PL

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 8 October 2024

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At a glance

1,475 pupils · 82% of 1,800 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
31.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
68.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.parkhighstanmore.org.uk
URN
137075

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 163 families named it first for 261 Year 7 places, 0.62 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 1.128 miles; distance decided places in 9 of the 12 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2011 to 2026. At its inspection on 8 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.62 first-choice applications per place

261 places offered · 163 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.128 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

261 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
48.9
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
73.2%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
49%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.6
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C
31.5
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school48.9
Median of its 12 closest peers50.8
Harrow average51.4
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Lampton AcademyHounslow · 9 miles awayOutstanding52.5
Soar Valley CollegeLeicester · 81 miles awayOutstanding51.5
Crown Hills Community CollegeLeicester · 79 miles awayOutstanding47.4
Whitefriars SchoolHarrow · 2 miles awayGood43
Northampton International AcademyNorthampton · 51 miles awayRequires improvement36.4
Kingsbury High SchoolLondon · 1 miles awayGood47.3
Challney High School for GirlsLuton · 22 miles awayOutstanding50.1
The Heathland SchoolHounslow · 10 miles awayOutstanding52
Wembley High Technology CollegeNorth Wembley · 3 miles awayOutstanding63.5
Chadwell Heath AcademyRomford · 18 miles awayGood53.7
Cranford Community CollegeHounslow · 9 miles awayStrong standard51.7
Isleworth and Syon School for BoysIsleworth · 8 miles awayGood43.1

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Indian 30% (Harrow 26%, England 4%) · Any other White background 22% (Harrow 14%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 20% (Harrow 19%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Harrow 7%, England 3%) · Black African 4% (Harrow 6%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Harrow 5%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Harrow 4%, England 3%) · White British 3% (Harrow 7%, England 59%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Harrow 3%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Harrow 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Harrow 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Harrow 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.19 suspensions per 100 pupils and 5 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Harrow: 6.89 suspensions and 0.13 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 12% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 2.28% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

74.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.4 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,334; 14.7% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£8,542
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (6%) · supplies and services 10% (11%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 3% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £954,000; in-year balance -£428,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
96%
Continuing in education
95%
Apprenticeship

suppressed (small cohort)

Employment

suppressed (small cohort)

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
74%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
5%
Any sustained destination
88%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher46.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier81.9%62.3%
Social housing1.4%17.1%
Privately rented16.7%20.5%
Detached houses7.6%22.9%
Flats1.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002107 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£560,000273 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£417,000–£638,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (7)£770,000
Semi-detached (143)£600,000
Terraced (54)£582,500
Flat (69)£325,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (1.81 km, 2023 entry): 877 sales, median £575,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
20an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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