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Children in Harrow
How children here are doing, from the 2-year check to the end of primary school, set against England as a whole.
Health and early years
At a glance
| Measure | Harrow | England |
|---|---|---|
| On track in all five areas at the 2 to 2½ year review 2024/25 higher | 86.6% | 81.4% |
| Good level of development at the end of Reception 2024/25 higher | 71.1% | 68.3% |
| Phonics check met in Year 1 2024/25 higher | 82.0% | 79.8% |
| Reception children living with obesity 2024/25 lower | 8.3% | 10.5% |
| Year 6 children living with obesity 2024/25 similar | 22.3% | 22.2% |
| MMR first dose by age 2 2024/25 lower | 78.4% | 88.9% |
| MMR two doses by age 5 2024/25 lower | 67.1% | 83.7% |
| 5-year-olds with visible tooth decay 2023/24 higher | 27.6% | 22.4% |
| Primary pupils persistently absent 2024/25 lower | 11.4% | 13.0% |
| Children in relative low-income families (under 16) 2024/25 lower | 14.0% | 19.8% |
“Higher” or “lower” means the difference from England is bigger than the margin of error; “similar” means it isn’t. These are figures for all children in the council area, not for any one school or child.
End of primary school
Year 6 reading, writing and maths
| Year | Harrow | England |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 74% | 65% |
| 2021/22 | 70% | 59% |
| 2022/23 | 68% | 60% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 61% |
| 2024/25 | 72% | 63% |
| 2025/26 | 71% | 63% |
Share of pupils in state-funded schools meeting the expected standard in all three. 2025/26 figures are provisional. There were no tests in 2019/20 or 2020/21.
Schools
Primary schools in Harrow
41 schools
- Avanti House Primary School Stanmore
- Aylward Primary School Stanmore
- Belmont School Harrow
- Camrose Primary With Nursery Edgware
- Cannon Lane Primary School Pinner
- Cedars Manor School Harrow
- Earlsmead Primary School Harrow
- Elmgrove Primary School & Nursery Harrow
- Glebe Primary School Harrow
- Grange Primary School Harrow
- Grimsdyke School Pinner
- Heathland School Harrow
- Hujjat Primary School Harrow
- Kenmore Park Infant and Nursery School Harrow
- Kenmore Park Junior School Harrow
- Krishna Avanti Primary School Edgware
- Longfield Primary School Harrow
- Marlborough Primary School Harrow
- Newton Farm Nursery, Infant and Junior School Harrow
- Norbury School Harrow
- Pinner Park Primary School Pinner
- Pinner Wood School Pinner
- Priestmead Primary School and Nursery Harrow
- Roxbourne Primary School Harrow
- Roxeth Primary School Harrow
- Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School Harrow
- St Anselm's Catholic Primary School Harrow
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Harrow
- St George's Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy Harrow
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Pinner
- St John's CofE School Stanmore
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Harrow
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School and Nursery Harrow
- Stag Lane Primary School Edgware
- Stanburn Primary School Stanmore
- The Welldon Park Academy Harrow
- Vaughan Primary School Harrow
- Weald Rise Primary School Harrow
- West Lodge Primary School Pinner
- Whitchurch Primary School & Nursery Stanmore
- Whitefriars School Harrow