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The Helix Education Centre[1]

Special · ages 5–16

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Headline results

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Results

No published data for this school.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
4 Mar 2025[2]
Type
S5 Inspection[2]
Report published
2 Apr 2025[2]
Personal development
Good[2]
Quality of education
Good[2]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[2]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[2]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[2]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
1 Nov 2023[3] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[3] No overall grade[3]
3 Jul 2018[4] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[4] No overall grade[4]

Competition to get in

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Character & practicalities

Type
Pupil referral unit[1]
Ages
5–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Local authority
Harrow[1]
Website
www.thehelix.harrow.sch.uk[1]
District
Harrow[5]
Postcode
HA3 6DH[1]
URN
102180[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
36 2024/25[6]
English as an additional language
61.1% 2024/25[6]
SEN support
72.2% 2024/25[6]
EHC plan
25% 2024/25[6]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
63.9% 2024/25[6]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
41.3%[7]
Mixed
8.7%[7]
Asian
28.3%[7]
Black
10.9%[7]
Any other ethnic group
8.7%[7]
Unclassified
2.2%[7]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.