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Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School, Harrow

Good
Primary
Free schools
Mixed
Church of England
Ages 4–11

Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Harrow, part of St Jerome Church of England Bilingual Primary School. It has a Church of England religious character. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in November 2022. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 10th-highest of the 28 schools in Harrow with published results, and 2,629th of 14,452 across England. It was 98% full in 2025.

SATs results
Above England average
Ofsted
Good (2022)
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
In line with England
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Harrow (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School in detail

Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School in its own words

In its own words: "Our vision is to provide an excellent Church of England primary school education for all our children and to extend the opportunity for an excellent bilingual education beyond the private sector. This means:"

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care.

Vision and values (school website)Wraparound care (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils at Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School reached the expected standard in reading and 89% 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 (84% in reading, 90% in maths).

Getting a place at Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School

For September 2026 entry, 59 families put Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School as their first choice and 169 named it as one of their preferences, for 59 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School are Norbury School (0.4 miles, Good, 73% reading, 73% maths); Elmgrove Primary School & Nursery (0.5 miles, Good, 75% reading, 75% maths); Marlborough Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 77% reading, 83% maths); and St Anselm's Catholic Primary School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 88% reading, 93% maths).

Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Norbury SchoolElmgrove Primary School & NurseryMarlborough Primary SchoolSt Anselm's Catholic Primary School

The trust

Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

Who goes there

16.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 71.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (34%), Mixed (15%) and Black (11%).

In 2026, 56 pupils (13.7%) received SEN support and 12 (2.9%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Harrow-on-the-Hill Station, about 660 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hindes Road Harrow, 90 metres away.

The area around the school

In August 2026, police recorded 693 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Harrow (374), as is usual near a town centre.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School issued 11 suspensions, 2.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School are Harrow High School (0.4 miles), Whitefriars School (0.9 miles), The Sacred Heart Language College (1 mile) and Salvatorian Roman Catholic College (1.1 miles).

Harrow High SchoolWhitefriars SchoolThe Sacred Heart Language CollegeSalvatorian Roman Catholic College

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Kate Schutte
Pupils:408
LA:Harrow
Phone:02030196363
Address:120 138 Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2DJ
Trust:ST JEROME CHURCH OF ENGLAND BILINGUAL PRIMARY SCHOOL
Status:open
Opened:7 September 2016

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 4 years ago
Good

Overall

Good

Quality of Education

Good

Behaviour & Attitudes

Good

Personal Development

Good

Leadership & Management

Good

Early Years

Inspected 23 November 2022View full report
URN:142904
UKPRN:10056986
Diocese:Diocese of London
Constituency:Harrow West
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Good at its November 2022 inspection.

Rated Good for

Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management, Early years.

At a Glance

16.2%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading+1ppMaths-1ppWriting-2pp

Reading has remained stable at around 85% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 89% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 74% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

29.1

Avg class size

29.5

Infant (KS1)

28.9

KS2

14

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School.

  • Let's Leap @ St. J�r�me C of E Bilingual SchoolAt the school · Not yet graded
  • Crazy Camps at John Lyon Prep School610m away · Not yet graded
  • Magna Extended Schools at Elmgrove670m away · Not yet graded

Term dates

Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School is a free school, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Harrow's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Train Stations

Harrow-on-the-Hill Station (Entrance)
664m · 11 min walk
Harrow & Wealdstone Station (Entrance)
746m · 12 min walk
Harrow-on-the-Hill Rail Station
777m · 13 min walk

Tube / Metro / Tram

Harrow-on-the-Hill Underground Station
766m · 12 min walk
Harrow & Wealdstone Underground Station (northbound)
777m · 13 min walk

Bus Stops

Hindes Road Harrow (Stop V)
90m · 1 min walk
Safari Cinema (Stop W)
148m · 2 min walk
Harrow Town Cen / St John's Rd (Stop H)
341m · 6 min walk
Harrow Civic Centre / Harrow Mosque (Stop L)
353m · 6 min walk
Harrow Town Cen/ Sheepcote Rd (Stop R)
409m · 7 min walk

Free school transport

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You apply to the council where you live. Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School is in Harrow; for families living there:

Apply to Harrow for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
92
Fatal
0
Serious
11
Children hurt
4

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 92 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 11 serious and 81 slight.

4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.

12 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Harrow is 37 (the median across 78 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

98%

Near capacity

410 pupils

420 places

10 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Harrow

Low pressure
New homes approved:2,451
Projected new pupils:613

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Harrow

Across Harrow council

Low demand council-wide0.86 applications per place

Places available

3,090

Applications

2,650

Got 1st preference

86.6%

Got preferred school

98.3%

All primary applications across Harrow council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

Inspection History(2)

23 November 2022
Quality of EducationGood
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementGood
Early YearsGood
6 March 2019
Requires ImprovementReport
Leadership & ManagementRequires Improvement

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

56

SEN Support

12

EHC Plans

16.7%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Speech, Language & Communication27
Social, Emotional & Mental Health16
Specific Learning Difficulty5
Autistic Spectrum Disorder5
Moderate Learning Difficulty2
Hearing Impairment1
Physical Disability1
Other1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
8.6%
Asian
33.8%
Black
11.3%
Mixed
15.2%
Chinese
1.7%
Other
3.2%
Unclassified
1.0%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals16.2%
English as Additional Language71.8%

408

Total Pupils

206

Boys

202

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

21

Teachers

19.4:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£55,134

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,637

Per pupil

£2591k

Total funding

£103k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£166,407
EAL funding£65,716
Lump sum£159,662

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

5.5%

Overall absence

15.1%

Persistent absence

378

Enrolments

Authorised4.1%
Unauthorised1.4%
Persistent (10%+)15.1%
Severe (50%+)1.6%

Absence trend

3.5%
18/19
2.8%
20/21
5.5%
21/22
5.5%
22/23
4.7%
23/24
5.5%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School

What are SATs results like at Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School?

Of the pupils at Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 85% reached the expected standard in reading and 89% did so in maths.

What is Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School's Ofsted rating?

Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in November 2022. At its previous graded inspection in 2019 it was rated Requires Improvement.

What is the catchment area for Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School?

No fixed boundary. When Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School is oversubscribed, Harrow allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School?

Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School was close to full in 2025, at 98% of its capacity.

How big are the classes at Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School?

Classes at Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School average 29.1 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School?

Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School has around 408 pupils on roll. 16% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School?

5.5% of sessions were missed at Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School in 2024/25. 15.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School?

Apply through Harrow's coordinated admissions process, naming Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

Does Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Let's Leap @ St. J�r�me C of E Bilingual School (registered, not yet graded). There are 2 more within a kilometre. The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.

How many road collisions happen near Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 92 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 11 serious and 81 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 12 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Harrow is 37 (the median across 78 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School?

Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School is at 120 138 Station Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 2DJ.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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