Nower Hill High School: admissions history
How many families applied, how many places there were, and how far the last place went - every year we hold.
For September 2026 entry, 392 families put Nower Hill High School as their first choice and 1425 named it as one of their preferences, for 310 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 140 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Demand has been fairly steady: 371 first choices in 2021, against 392 in 2026.
Harrow published that the last place offered for 2025 entry went to a family 0.834 miles away. The cut-off moves every year with the number of applications.
Across Harrow, 66% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 91% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2025, families in Harrow lodged 65 appeals against secondary school offers; 57 reached a hearing and 4 succeeded (7% of those heard).
Applications and offers by year
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 310 | 392 | 1425 | 1.3 | 140 |
| 2025 | 311 | 399 | 1448 | 1.3 | 145 |
| 2024 | 302 | 425 | 1526 | 1.4 | 175 |
| 2023 | 312 | 448 | 1488 | 1.4 | 175 |
| 2022 | 309 | 352 | 1422 | 1.1 | 115 |
| 2021 | 318 | 371 | 1491 | 1.2 | 127 |
| 2020 | 321 | 404 | 1578 | 1.3 | 159 |
| 2019 | 318 | 385 | 1520 | 1.2 | 137 |
| 2018 | 320 | 397 | 1431 | 1.2 | 145 |
| 2017 | 317 | 402 | 1515 | 1.3 | 140 |
| 2016 | 289 | 391 | 1475 | 1.4 | 136 |
| 2015 | 293 | 410 | 1422 | 1.4 | 156 |
| 2014 | 297 | 421 | 1520 | 1.4 | 170 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Last distance offered
| Entry year | Last place offered | Published by |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.83 miles | Harrow |
Figures as each council published them, in the unit it used. The cut-off is not a boundary: it moves every year with the number of applications.