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Nower Hill High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 58 58.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
58.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
67.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
29.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.62 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 59[6] 67.8%[6]
2023/24 58.3[4] 67.4%[4] +0.62[4]
2022/23 57.8[7] 69%[7] +0.53[7]
2021/22 63[8] 74%[8] +0.82[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
19.7% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 19%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 16.2%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 20.9%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 6.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
66% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
27% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 98%[15] 69%[15] 7%[15] 22%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 75%[16] 3%[16] 18%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 65%[17] 5%[17] 28%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 70%[18] 3%[18] 22%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
Education
79% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
8% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 81%[20] 4%[20] 6%[20]
2020/21 91%[21] 79%[21] 1%[21] 11%[21]
2019/20 92%[22] 85%[22] 2%[22] 5%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 85%[23] 1%[23] 7%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
86% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
36% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
33% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 88%[26] 45%[26]
2019/20 93%[25] 36%[25] 33%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 90%[27] 35%[27] 30%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 89%[28] 38%[28] 35%[28] 1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
28 Nov 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
25 Jan 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.6 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
1425 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
392 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
310 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1448[30] 399[30] 311[30] 4.7[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2024 1526[30] 425[30] 302[30] 5.1[30] 1.4[30]
Entry Sept 2023 1488[30] 448[30] 312[30] 4.8[30] 1.4[30]
Entry Sept 2022 1422[30] 352[30] 309[30] 4.6[30] 1.1[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1980[1]
Trust
NOWER HILL HIGH SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Harrow[1]
Website
www.nowerhill.org.uk[1]
District
Harrow[31]
Postcode
HA5 5RP[1]
URN
137028[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
2023 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
53.2% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
9% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
3.5% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
19.1% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
18.8%[33]
Mixed
10.4%[33]
Asian
59%[33]
Black
5.6%[33]
Any other ethnic group
3.1%[33]
Unclassified
3.1%[33]

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.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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