Nower Hill High School A GSG School
- Nower Hill High School
George V Avenue
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HA5 5RP - Head: Louise Voden
- T 020 8863 0877
- F 020 8424 0762
- E admin@nowerhill.harrow.sch.uk
- W www.nowerhill.org.uk/
- A state school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Harrow
- Pupils: 2,028; sixth formers: 419
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Open days: Open Mornings in September
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Outstanding 1
- 16-19 study programmes Outstanding 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Outstanding 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1
- 1 Full inspection 28th November 2023
- Previous Ofsted grade: Outstanding on 10th May 2012
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The pupils who showed us around were extremely articulate, warm, kind and very proud of their school. Big mix culturally and harmonious atmosphere. The school has a very long tradition of strength in the arts subjects, which was evident as we walked round. Discipline is ‘bang on’, one parent told us: ‘For a school with this many children, you really don’t hear of many incidents like bullying etc, and if there are, they are dealt with quickly and appropriately.’ Hugely over-subscribed. Approx 1,400 applications are submitted each…
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2019, Louise Voden. Has been at the school since 2006, when she was taken on to set up the school’s post-16 provision. Other roles have included head of sixth form and, most recently, deputy head. Grew up in the local community.
Entrance
Hugely oversubscribed. About 1,400 applications are submitted each year for 324 places. Waiting list system is operated by the local authority. School catchment is roughly a mile, and you’ll get in if you have a sibling or a looked-after child. However, one unhappy parent told us: 'My only real gripe with the school is that the sibling policy stops at GCSE, so if you have a bigger age gap between your children, there is no guarantee at all that they will get in.'
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
regularly
most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| John Lyon School Prep | 2023 | 1 |
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