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Harrow High School
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Harrow High School badge
Address
Map
Gayton Road

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HA1 2JG

England
Information
TypeAcademy
Established1911
Department for Education URN137177 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadmasterPaul Gamble
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 18
Enrollment701
Former pupilsOld Gaytonians
Websitehttp://www.hhsweb.org/

Harrow High School /ˈhær/[1] is a secondary academy school in the London Borough of Harrow in the north-west of London. The headteacher is Paul Gamble. It is not to be confused with the independent school Harrow School, situated nearby at Harrow on the Hill.

History

Harrow County School for Boys crest.

The site was formerly the home of Harrow County School for Boys. In 1975, when the London Borough of Harrow adopted a comprehensive system of education, the school became known as Gayton High School, an all-boys school.

Comprehensive

Gayton High School was the last school in Harrow to become comprehensive in September 1975. Later, in 1998, the school became coeducational and changed its name to Harrow High School, a specialist Sports College. The name "Harrow High School" had belonged to an independent school which, until its closure in the late 1980s, occupied a site across the road on Gayton Road.

The school has gained a number of national awards for the quality of its provision, including the Artsmark Gold award (2003), Sportsmark award (2002), Investors in People (1999) and Careers Education and Guidance award (1996).

Academy

On 1 August 2011, Harrow High School officially gained academy status.

OFSTED Inspection Performance (Office of Standards in Education)

  • 2004 - Satisfactory [2]
  • 2007/2008 - Outstanding [2] hhh
  • 2008/2009 - Outstanding [2]

Old Gaytonians Association (OGA)

The Old Gaytonians Association gained its first two members in October 1911 but the association was officially established on the 27th September 1912.[3]

It was named after the school publication of the same name, this name was chosen because the school site was on 'Gayton Road'.[3]

Notable Old Gaytonians

Harrow County School for Boys [4][5]

Gayton High School

Harrow High School

Bibliography

  • May, Trevor. "The History of the Harrow County School for Boys". Harrow: Harrow County School for Boys, 1975 ISBN 0-9504535-0-1, 199p.
  • "Golden Jubilee Book, 1911-1961". Farnham Common: R. G. Baker & Co., 1961, 124p.
  • "The Gaytonian: The magazine of the County School, Harrow". 1911-1975.

References

  1. ^ Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, p. 368, ISBN 9781405881180
  2. ^ a b c "Find an inspection report". Ofsted. 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  3. ^ a b http://www.oldgayts.org/about-us/history/
  4. ^ http://www.jeffreymaynard.com/Harrow_County/
  5. ^ http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/8804333.Michael_Portillo_to_unveil_plaque_at_school_s_centenary/
  6. ^ "UCL Chemistry has moved". Chem.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  7. ^ Asthana, Anushka. The Times. London http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article5851680.ece. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/local-harrow-news/2011/01/21/michael-portillo-helps-harrow-high-school-celebrate-100th-anniversary-116451-28033027/