Glebe Primary School, Harrow

Ofsted's report card from its 14 July 2026 inspection grades Glebe Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Generally, pupils achieve well across the curriculum."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have made attendance a high priority."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate view of the quality of the curriculum and teaching in the school."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed an ambitious curriculum for the early years, built around the required learning in the early years foundation stage."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Over recent time, leaders have worked to improve the provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders identify and address priorities for improvement effectively."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "A structured programme supports pupils' personal and social development and deepens their wider development."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that, by the end of key stage 2, the positive impact of the curriculum is reflected in improved published outcomes for disadvantaged pupils"; "Leaders should ensure the curriculum is further refined so that pupils build the knowledge and skills that they need across all subjects"; "Leaders should ensure that staff make consistently effective adaptations, particularly for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and other barriers to learning".

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils at Glebe Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 81% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 82% and 85% in Harrow and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (76% in reading, 76% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 43 families put Glebe Primary School as their first choice and 126 named it as one of their preferences, for 54 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Glebe Primary School are Kenmore Park Junior School (0.2 miles, Good, 68% reading, 82% maths); Kenmore Park Infant and Nursery School (0.2 miles, Good); St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 90% reading, 96% maths); and Uxendon Manor Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 92% reading, 94% maths).

Glebe Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

53 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Glebe Primary School (as of April 2026): 94% would recommend the school, 96% say their child is happy there and 43% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that pupils behave well (96%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (43%).

8.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 93.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (57%) and other ethnic groups (5%).

Glebe Primary School had 54 teachers in 2026, one for every 10 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest Underground station is Queensbury Underground Station, about 750 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

In 2024/25, Glebe Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 0.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Glebe Primary School are Claremont High School (0.5 miles), Park High School (0.6 miles), Canons High School (0.7 miles) and St Gregory's Catholic Science College (0.7 miles).