Whitmore High School

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Whitmore High School
Location
Whitmore High School
Porlock Avenue,

Harrow
,
HA2 0AD

England
Coordinates 51°34′23″N0°21′11″W / 51.573°N 0.353°W / 51.573; -0.353
Information
Type Community school, Comprehensive
Local authority Harrow
Specialist Science
Department for Education URN 102239 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of GovernorsEmma Watson Stabler
HeadteacherJames Rebbitt
Gender Mixed
Age11to 19
Enrolment1653
Website www.whitmore.harrow.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?section=Home&sid=1

Whitmore High School is a state secondary school in the London Borough of Harrow. The school's students are mostly drawn from the wider Harrow area. In 2025, the school was judged "Outstanding" by Ofsted for the third time.

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The current headteacher of the school is Mr James Rebbitt. [1] [2] Prior to him, Ms Susan Hammond was the headteacher, leaving in December 2023. [3]

History

Whitmore High School was created in September 1974 when the London Borough of Harrow adopted a comprehensive system of education. It was formerly two schools on one site, Lascelles Boys' Secondary School and Lascelles Girls' Secondary School.

Whitmore is now an established community comprehensive school with a sixth form and is a specialist Science College. [4] In September 2010 the school moved to a new building, designed to support modern education and specialist facilities.

Whitmore High School's last 3 Ofsted inspections, one in 2007, [5] one in 2015, [1] and the latest one in 2025, [6] have all judged the school as "Outstanding".

Campus and Facilities

The school occupies a modern campus equipped with specialist resources for academic and extracurricular activities, including: [7]

Sixth Form

Whitmore opened its sixth form in 2006 as part of the borough's "collegiate" post-16 offer. [8] Along with the rest of the school, Whitmore's sixth form was judged as "Outstanding" by Ofsted in 2015 and 2025. [1] [6]

The construction of a new sixth form block began in late 2013, and the finished building opened in 2015, consisting of six classrooms, a new sixth form common room, study area and an office space. Later additions to the sixth form block include a small food serving area, with chilled drinks, coffee and light snacks.

Curriculum

Whitmore High School offers a broad curriculum: [9]

Academic Performance

Whitmore High School consistently performs above national averages in GCSE and Sixth Form results:

Former pupils

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ofsted, inspection report for Whitmore High School, 2015
  2. ↑ Ofsted, Inspection Reports page for Whitmore High School, accessed July 2015,
  3. ↑ Mitchell, Chris (29 December 2023). "Harrow association honours headteacher at Whitmore High School event". Harrow Online. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  4. ↑ "Science College - Welcome to Whitmore High School". www.whitmore.harrow.sch.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ↑ Ofsted, inspection report for Whitmore High School, 2007
  6. 1 2 Mitchell, Chris (15 May 2025). "Whitmore High School retains 'Outstanding' rating across all areas in latest Ofsted inspection". Harrow Online. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  7. ↑ "Site & Facilities - Welcome to Whitmore High School". www.whitmore.harrow.sch.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  8. ↑ Sixth form education in Harrow, Harrow Council website, accessed July 2015
  9. 1 2 "Examination Results - Welcome to Whitmore High School". www.whitmore.harrow.sch.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  10. ↑ Reporter), Grant Williams (Local Democracy (30 October 2023). "The 8 Harrow secondary schools performing 'well above' national average". Harrow Online. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  11. ↑ "Dev Patel: 'I didn't know what I was getting myself into'". the Guardian. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  12. ↑ "Student wins public speaking competition". Harrow Times. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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