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LEA Number : 310 - Name : Harrow

Latest Achievement and Attainment Tables

 - Primary Schools (2006)
 - Secondary Schools - KS3 (2005)
 - Secondary Schools - GCSE (2005)
 - Post-16 (2005)
 - Pilot English and maths (2005)

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Key Statistics

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..Not Available
-Zero or negligible
(p)Provisional data
(r)Revised data
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Key Stage 2 Level 4+ (%age of Pupils)English807880828482 (r)
Mathematics767479778078 (r)
Science888890908987 (r)
Key Stage 2 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)English333232323328 (r)
Mathematics303235363936 (r)
Science443847465249 (r)
Key Stage 3 Level 5+ (%age of Pupils)English667075717681(p)
Mathematics687073757778(p)
Science586672726973(p)
Key Stage 3 Level 6+ (%age of Pupils)English264032293843(p)
Mathematics444751545860(p)
Science263136423738(p)
5 or more GCSEs Grades A*-C (%age of 15 year olds) 57.257.559.157.860.561.3 (r)
At least one GCSE A* - G (%age of 15 year olds) 96.796.797.495.797.396.5 (r)
Average GCSE/GNVQ capped point score per 15 year old pupil ........302.5304.4 (r)
 200020012002200320042005
Numbers of Sure Start Partnerships started since launch000   
Number of City Academies, since Launch  0000
Numbers of Playing for Success Centres Since Launch000000
Numbers of School Achievement Awards      
  19971998199920002001
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA3 year olds451588576620965
4 year olds23082368229623622379
Total27592956287229823344
Number of Day Care Places available   652062206240
Numbers of three and four year olds taking up free early education places by LEA3 year olds451588576620965
4 year olds23082368229623622379
Total27592956287229823344
Number of Day Care Places available   652062206240
 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06
Funding Per Pupil (Ages 3-19) Real Terms ( £ 2004-05 prices)3,5403,7403,8504,050(p)4,230(p)4,450(p)
The value of Schools Standard Grants (SSG) age 3 to 19 (£ 000's)9522,2152,2692,837 (p)  
The value of total capital funding (£ 000's)5,5314,04224,7446,422  
  1998 1999 2000 2001
Participation in education (%age of age group)16696964 
17616260 
Combined656562 
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)16767469 
17697167 
Combined737368 
Young people Accepted for Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) ....
Participation in education (%age of age group)16696964 
17616260 
Combined656562 
Participation in Education and Training (%age of age group)16767469 
17697167 
Combined737368 
Young people Accepted for Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) ....

There are no LEA breakdowns available for LEAs in Inner London so the figures given for each Inner London LEA are an Inner London aggregate


 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01
Number of students in Further Education Colleges568859271775219758
Number of students in Further Education Colleges568859271775219758
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Maintained Primary School average class sizes by Key Stage (KS)KS127.627.026.727.127.526.9
KS228.728.228.327.027.627.8
The number of infants (Key Stage 1) in class sizes of over 30 1998 to date by LEA. 746164031062
The total number of Pupil Referral Units 111111
  1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04
The number of Primary pupils absent for at least one half dayunauthorised absences3,1452,7822,274  
authorised absences16,40616,11015,900  
The number of Secondary pupils absent for at least one half dayunauthorised absences8621,1111,097  
authorised absences8,3038,6468,794  
The number of permanently excluded (%age of school population) 0.130.230.240.240.23
  200020012002200320042005
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teachersPrimary890900900910920930
Secondary570560570590600610
Special403030405050
Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) teaching assistants300300330430480540
Pupil-teacher ratiosPrimary22.321.922.723.823.823.6
Secondary16.817.016.717.317.216.6
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Education

  • Pupil funding - For 2005/06, this government has allocated an extra £1300 per pupil in real terms to Harrow Local Authority since 1997/98, an increase of 42 per cent.
  • The number of 5,6 & 7 year olds in classes over 30 has FALLEN from 1398 in 1997 to 62 by January 2005.
  • 270 MORE teaching assistants than in 1997
  • 450 MORE support staff than in 1997
  • Primary school results - Revised figures for 2005 show that 82 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English up from 70 per cent in 1997. In Maths this number is up to 77 per cent from 69 per cent in 1997.
  • Provisional figures for 2005 show that 82 per cent of eleven year olds reached the required standard in English and 78 per cent in mathematics in Harrow LA.
  • GCSE - The percentage of secondary school pupils in Harrow LA achieving 5 or more good GCSEs is up from 53 per cent in 1998 to 60 per cent in 2005 (provisional).
  • In 2005 there were 4000 free part-time early education places taken up by 3 and 4 year olds in maintained, private, voluntary and independent providers