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Hatch End High School

Secondary · Harrow · HA3 6NR

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 29 February 2024

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At a glance

1,226 pupils · 92% of 1,337 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
36% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
53% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.hatchend.harrow.sch.uk
URN
137204

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 110 families named it first for 204 Year 7 places, 0.54 first choices per place. We hold 12 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2011 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 29 February 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.54 first-choice applications per place

204 places offered · 110 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.

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
43.9
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
58.5%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
38.9%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4
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+
32.2
England 35

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school43.9
Median of its 12 closest peers47
Harrow average51.4
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind 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
The Compton SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayOutstanding54.8
Mulberry Academy WoodsideLondon · 11 miles awayStrong standard48.4
Harris Academy TottenhamLondon · 13 miles awayOutstanding52.8
The Royal School, WolverhamptonWolverhampton · 101 miles awayGood (2019)43.3
Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise CollegeSlough · 13 miles awayGood42.1
Ark AcademyWembley · 4 miles awayStrong standard51.5
Bedford AcademyBedford · 36 miles awayGood42.8
Queen Elizabeth SchoolLuton · 20 miles awayNeeds attention39.9
St Edmund's Catholic SchoolPortsmouth · 64 miles awayOutstanding58.9
Chiltern AcademyLuton · 19 miles awayGood49.5
Batley Grammar SchoolBatley · 156 miles awayGood45.5
Stopsley High SchoolLuton · 21 miles awayExpected standard42.3

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
7 of 9 places taken nearly full

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other Asian background 19% (Harrow 19%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 16% (Harrow 26%, England 4%) · Any other White background 16% (Harrow 14%, England 7%) · White British 16% (Harrow 7%, England 59%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Harrow 7%, England 3%) · Black African 6% (Harrow 6%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Harrow 4%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 5% (Harrow 5%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Harrow 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Harrow 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Harrow 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Harrow 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Harrow 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Harrow 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Harrow 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Harrow 2%, England 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)
7.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.98 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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
16.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 13% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

83.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.5 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 £60,808; 15.7% 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£8,691
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (6%) · supplies and services 9% (11%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 3% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £2,245,000; in-year balance +£203,000

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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
94%
Continuing in education
94%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
56%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
12%
Any sustained destination
73%

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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work24.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways30.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier39.2%62.3%
Social housing44.5%17.1%
Privately rented15.6%20.5%
Detached houses4.9%22.9%
Flats18.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van30.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002151 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£510,000189 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£440,000–£700,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (22)£979,000
Semi-detached (90)£549,000
Terraced (46)£486,000
Flat (31)£385,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

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
7an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
15an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
64an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
9an 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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