Avanti House School, Stanmore

From the headteacher's welcome: ""Brilliant - when you need to ask questions the teachers always make time and also take time to bring things up with us when needed" Avanti House Secondary School is an inclusive Hindu faith school based in Harrow, open to students of all faiths and none."

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 19 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Avanti House School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 66.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 52.5 in Harrow and 47 across England.

84% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 56% in Harrow and 47% in England.

That is up from 64 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 1.1: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 50.1, against 67.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 17.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 367 families put Avanti House School as their first choice and 879 named it as one of their preferences, for 167 places offered. That is 2.2 first choices for every place. 212 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Avanti House School are Park High School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 49.1); Canons High School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.7); London Academy (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.9); and Bentley Wood High School (1.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 56.6).

Avanti House School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Avanti House School is one of 12 schools run by Avanti Schools Trust, an academy trust.

200 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Avanti House School (as of September 2025): 96% would recommend the school, 97% say their child is happy there and 81% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that pupils behave well (98%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (81%).

Of the 183 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 98% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 16% to a further education college.

Of the 146 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 77% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 10% into work. 31% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

5.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 51.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 75 pupils (6.2%) received SEN support and 45 (3.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest Underground station is Canons Park Underground Station, about 620 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Marsh Lane, 280 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 208 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Harrow (374).

In 2024/25, Avanti House School issued 9 suspensions, 0.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Avanti House School are Whitchurch Primary School & Nursery (under 0.1 miles), Stanburn Primary School (0.3 miles), Aylward Primary School (0.7 miles) and Camrose Primary With Nursery (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.