Claremont High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Brent
Claremont Avenue, Harrow, HA3 0UH
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
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,695
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
1,680 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
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) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 306 | 211 | ● 69% |
| 2nd preference | 266 | 32 | ● 12% |
| 3rd preference | 175 | 14 | ● 8% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 237 | 12 | ● 5% |
| Total | 984 | 269 | 27% |
1st preference success by year
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.
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
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 20% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 45% | — | — |
| SEN support | 5% | — | — |
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
- 25
25 March 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
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
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
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 55.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.59 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 64% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 82% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.39 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 36.60 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 54.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 61% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 75.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 81.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.31 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 272 | — |
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.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 36.86 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 20.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 111 | — |
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.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 273 | 35% | 63% | 79% | |
| English Language | 271 | 29% | 66% | 82% | |
| English Literature | 269 | 36% | 74% | 83% | |
| History | 177 | 44% | 73% | 81% | |
| Combined Science | 172 | 15% | 51% | 64% | |
| Business | 126 | 12% | 46% | 60% | |
| Biology | 98 | 63% | 98% | 100% | |
| Physics | 98 | 68% | 99% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 98 | 65% | 99% | 100% | |
| Geography | 89 | 26% | 51% | 65% | |
| German | 81 | 22% | 52% | 72% | |
| Spanish | 80 | 21% | 55% | 74% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 60 | 13% | 42% | 67% | |
| Economics | 39 | 5% | 15% | 62% | |
| Psychology | 29 | 0% | 7% | 52% | |
| Chemistry | 25 | 0% | 36% | 72% | |
| Physics | 21 | 5% | 33% | 57% | |
| Biology | 20 | 10% | 30% | 70% | |
| Sociology | 14 | 21% | 29% | 71% | |
| Business Studies | 14 | 7% | 7% | 43% | |
| History | 13 | 0% | 0% | 54% | |
| Geography | 12 | 0% | 25% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 11 | 0% | 27% | 64% | |
| English Literature | 10 | 0% | 10% | 20% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 12221: Claremont High School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
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
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 82% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 100% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 84% | — | — |
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.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 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.