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Claremont High School

Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Brent

Claremont Avenue, Harrow, HA3 0UH

Website 02082044442

79

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

Not judged

Graded 25/03/2025

Application demand

69%

1st preference success · Oversubscribed

Attendance

93.5%

19.6% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

1,695

Capacity used

Over capacity

101%

1,680 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Secondary entry · official council applications and offers

Oversubscribed

69%

1st preference success rate

211 of 306 families who put it first got an offer

269

Places offered

984

Total applications

3.7

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference306211● 69%
2nd preference26632● 12%
3rd preference17514● 8%
Later preferences (4th–6th)23712● 5%
Total98426927%

1st preference success by year

64%
2020
64%
2021
77%
2022
70%
2023
63%
2024
69%
2025

Brent lets families list 6 preferences. 341 applications came from outside the council area (51 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Last distance offered

From Brent council's allocation report on offer day. It changes every year, so treat it as a guide.

September 2025 entry

Not distance-based

Places were given by other rules (e.g. random allocation or siblings)

270 places

Currently available for Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Enfield schools, from council allocation reports. Distances are straight-line from home to school.

Details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Sixth form
Yes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Nicola Hyde-Boughey
Address
Claremont Avenue, Kenton, Harrow, HA3 0UH
Phone
02082044442
Local authority
Brent
Ward / constituency
Kenton · Brent West
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
136656

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals20%——
English as additional language45%——
SEN support5%——
52% boys (876)48% girls (819)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: CHRYSALIS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

1,695 pupils · 1,680 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 25

    25 March 2025

    Full graded inspection

    Not judged overall effectiveness
    Sixth formOutstanding
    Personal developmentOutstanding
    Quality of educationOutstanding
    Safeguarding effectiveYes
    Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
Read the full Ofsted report

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 1,434 pupils

Attendance

93.5%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

6.5%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

19.6%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

1.6%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.8%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

6%
20/21
13%
21/22
18%
22/23
17%
23/24
20%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

GCSE results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Attainment 8 score55.5——
Progress 8 score0.59—0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths64%——
Grade 4+ in English & maths82%——
EBacc average point score5.39——

Progress 8 band

Well below
5% of schools
Below
26% of schools
Average
43% of schools
Above
21% of schools
Well above
5% of schools

A-level results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Average points per entry36.60——

Average grade: B- (England B-)

GCSE results over time

57.4201957.8202254.7202355.5202454.82025

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Attainment 854.846
Grade 5+ English & maths61%46%
Grade 4+ English & maths75.7%65%
Entering EBacc81.3%40%
EBacc average point score5.314.1
Pupils in cohort272—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils
+0.19
Other pupils
+0.65
Low prior attainers
+0.71
Middle prior attainers
+0.72
High prior attainers
+0.32
Girls
+0.69
Boys
+0.49

A-level results over time

33.79201936.9202233.42202336.6202436.862025

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Average points per entry36.8635
Average gradeB-—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)20.9%17%
A-level students111—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

SubjectEntriesGrade 7+Grade 5+Grade 4+
Mathematics27335%63%79%
English Language27129%66%82%
English Literature26936%74%83%
History17744%73%81%
Combined Science17215%51%64%
Business12612%46%60%
Biology9863%98%100%
Physics9868%99%100%
Chemistry9865%99%100%
Geography8926%51%65%
German8122%52%72%
Spanish8021%55%74%

A level

SubjectEntriesA*A*–AA*–B
Mathematics6013%42%67%
Economics395%15%62%
Psychology290%7%52%
Chemistry250%36%72%
Physics215%33%57%
Biology2010%30%70%
Sociology1421%29%71%
Business Studies147%7%43%
History130%0%54%
Geography120%25%100%
Religious Studies110%27%64%
English Literature100%10%20%

Oxbridge

<32020<32021<320230202402025

Cambridge offers by year

No Cambridge offers this year

UCAS apply centre 12221: Claremont High School

Cambridge admissions12025
Applications≤5
Offers0
Success rate—
Accepted offers0

1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Higher education (university)82%——
Apprenticeships100%——
Any education or training84%——

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Brent council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Year 7 (secondary)31 October1 March (or next working day)

Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.