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Norbury School

Primary · Community school · Mixed · Harrow

Welldon Crescent, Harrow, HA1 1QQ

Website 02088638769

67

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

86%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

94.8%

13.0% persistently absent

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

At a glance

Pupils on roll

641

Capacity used

Over capacity

100%

640 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

86%

1st preference success rate

73 of 85 families who put it first got an offer

90

Places offered

251

Total applications

2.8

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference8573● 86%
2nd preference5911● 19%
3rd preference425● 12%
Later preferences (4th–6th)651● 2%
Total2519036%

1st preference success by year

77%
2020
92%
2021
84%
2022
72%
2023
90%
2024
86%
2025

Harrow lets families list 6 preferences. 3 applications came from outside the council area (0 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.

Details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Louise Ann Browning
Address
Welldon Crescent, Harrow, HA1 1QQ
Phone
02088638769
Local authority
Harrow
Ward / constituency
Marlborough · Harrow West
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
102222

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals17%——
English as additional language81%——
SEN support12%——
54% boys (346)46% girls (295)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)

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

641 pupils · 640 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 23

    22 March 2023

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 583 pupils

Attendance

94.8%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

5.2%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

13.0%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.2%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.4%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

7%
20/21
15%
21/22
14%
22/23
12%
23/24
13%
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.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths67%——
Higher standard6%——
Reading progress——0.0
Writing progress——0.0
Maths progress——0.0

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard60%
-2% vs England
Higher standard3%
-5% vs England

Reading

Expected standard73%
-2% vs England
Higher standard36%
+3% vs England
Average score107
+1 vs England

Writing

Expected standard65%
-7% vs England
Greater depth3%
-10% vs England

Maths

Expected standard73%
-1% vs England
Higher standard32%
+6% vs England
Average score106
+1 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard78%
+5% vs England
Higher standard47%
+17% vs England
Average score109
+4 vs England

Science

Expected standard83%
+1% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

682019432023672024602025

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)60%61%
Higher standard3%8%

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 Harrow council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

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.