Whitefriars School[1]

Secondary · All-through · ages 3–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 45 45.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C- C- 2024/25[3]
KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 44% 44% 2024/25[4]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 45.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 45.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 17.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.10 2023/24[5]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[6]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[6]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	43[7]	45.6%[7]
2023/24	39[5]	37.4%[5]	-0.10[5]
2022/23	35.9[8]	29%[8]	-0.80[8]
2021/22	44.4[9]	41%[9]	-0.40[9]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 0% 2024/25[3]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	D-[10]	1.9%[10]
2022/23	D-[11]	0%[11]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 44% 2024/25[4]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 1% 2024/25[4]
Reading, average scaled score: 104 2024/25[4]
Maths, average scaled score: 104 2024/25[4]
All results, 2021/22: Not published[12]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[12]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[12]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	23%[13]	0%[13]	102[13]	103[13]
2022/23	47%[14]	4%[14]	101[14]	102[14]
2018/19	60%[15]	13%[15]	103[15]	105[15]
2017/18	71%[16]	7%[16]	105[16]	106[16]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 90% 2022/23[17]
School sixth form: 28% 2022/23[17]
Sixth-form college: 2% 2022/23[17]
Further education college: 58% 2022/23[17]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[17]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[17]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	94%[18]	46%[18]	9%[18]	39%[18]	0%[18]	0%[18]
2020/21	94%[19]	47%[19]	8%[19]	39%[19]	0%[19]	0%[19]
2019/20	95%[20]	29%[20]	12%[20]	53%[20]	0%[20]	2%[20]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 82% 2022/23[21]
Education: 73% 2022/23[21]
Apprenticeship: 6% 2022/23[21]
Employment: 2% 2022/23[21]

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: 13 Mar 2024[22]
Type: S5 Inspection[22]
Report published: 16 May 2024[22]
Personal development: Good[22]
Quality of education: Good[22]
Overall effectiveness: Good[22]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[22]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[22]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[22]
Early years provision (where applicable): Outstanding[22]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[22]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
1 May 2018[23]	S5 Inspection[23]	Outstanding[23]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.8 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Applications (any preference): 159 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences: 23 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Places offered: 57 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences per place: 0.4 Entry Sept 2026[24]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	182[24]	30[24]	60[24]	3.0[24]	0.5[24]
Entry Sept 2024	274[24]	41[24]	61[24]	4.5[24]	0.7[24]
Entry Sept 2023	279[24]	48[24]	58[24]	4.8[24]	0.8[24]
Entry Sept 2022	293[24]	58[24]	63[24]	4.7[24]	0.9[24]

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 2.0 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Applications (any preference): 179 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences: 83 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Places offered: 89 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences per place: 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[24]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	176[24]	76[24]	90[24]	2.0[24]	0.8[24]
Entry Sept 2024	214[24]	83[24]	90[24]	2.4[24]	0.9[24]
Entry Sept 2023	215[24]	71[24]	89[24]	2.4[24]	0.8[24]
Entry Sept 2022	228[24]	90[24]	90[24]	2.5[24]	1.0[24]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 3–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1582[1]
Trust: HEATHLAND WHITEFRIARS FEDERATION[1]
Local authority: Harrow[1]
Website: www.whitefriarsschool.net [1]
District: Harrow [25]
Postcode: HA3 5RQ[1]
URN: 141071[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1443 2024/25[26]
English as an additional language: 71.4% 2024/25[26]
SEN support: 13.4% 2024/25[26]
EHC plan: 3.3% 2024/25[26]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 31.8% 2024/25[26]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 21.1%[27]
Mixed: 9.2%[27]
Asian: 46.5%[27]
Black: 10.6%[27]
Any other ethnic group: 7.3%[27]
Unclassified: 5.2%[27]

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

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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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We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
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