The Harrodian School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The Harrodian School excels at creating happy, motivated learners with outstanding behaviour and dedication to learning. The school provides excellent pastoral care and specialist teaching in art, music and drama. The sixth form is particularly strong, preparing pupils well for future education and career choices.
Key Strengths
- Outstanding pupil behaviour - pupils are curious, dedicated learners with very rare disruption
- Excellent standards in art, music and drama with skilful specialist teaching
- Strong personal development supported by specialist speakers and well-considered pastoral care
- Good progress across subjects with barriers to learning promptly identified and overcome
- Outstanding sixth form ensuring pupils make well-informed choices about future education
Areas for Improvement
- Some teachers in the pre-prep school less successful at helping pupils, especially the most able, apply skills and deepen understanding
- Inconsistent challenge across curriculum for pupils to apply skills in all subjects
- Risk assessments need to consider wider range of potential risks in school routines
- Some communications between different parts of school not extensive enough for effective transitions
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with thorough staff checks and well-trained personnel, though leaders' consideration of some school routines does not reflect a wide enough range of potential risks.
Extracurricular Activities
Enrichment activities and experiences, prefect system, mentoring system, gender-intelligence talks, e-safety training
The Harrodian School is a good school where the headteacher and senior leaders maintain a strong culture of enquiry, helping pupils become happy, reflective learners who make good progress across a range of subjects. The sixth form provision is outstanding.
Fees (2025)
Day fee
£10,620/term
£31,860/yr
Registration fee
£270
Deposit
£3,000
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
Yes
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
337 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
98%
Near capacity
1,034 pupils
1,050 capacity
16 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - London
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for London
Admissions Demand - Richmond upon Thames
Places available
2,256
Applications
1,946
Got 1st preference
65.0%
Got preferred school
94.1%
Secondary admissions across Richmond upon Thames (2025/26)
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Pupil Demographics
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
The Harrodian School
Lowther Primary School
Cavendish Primary School
St Osmund's Catholic Primary School
The William Hogarth Primary School
St Mary's Catholic Primary School ,Chiswick
St Peter's Primary School
Barnes Primary School
Ravenscourt Park Preparatory School
Azbuka Russian-English Bilingual School
St Paul's CofE Primary School
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