Whitmore High School

Community school, comprehensive school in Harrow, England

51°34′23″N 0°21′11″W / 51.573°N 0.353°W / 51.573; -0.353InformationTypeCommunity school, ComprehensiveLocal authorityHarrowSpecialistScienceDepartment for Education URN102239 TablesOfstedReportsChair of GovernorsEmma Watson StablerHeadteacherJames RebbittGenderMixedAge11 to 19Enrolment1653Websitewww.whitmore.harrow.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?section=Home&sid=1

Whitmore High School is a state secondary school in the London Borough of Harrow. The school's students are mostly drawn from the wider Harrow area. In March 2015, the school was judged "Outstanding" by Ofsted for the second time. The current headteacher of the school is Mr James Rebbitt.^[1]^[2]

It is the only school that is not an academy in the London Borough of Harrow.

History

Whitmore High School was created in September 1974 when the London Borough of Harrow adopted a comprehensive system of education. It was formerly two schools on one site, Lascelles Boys' Secondary School and Lascelles Girls' Secondary School.

Whitmore is now an established community comprehensive school with a sixth form and is a specialist Science College.^[3] In September 2010 the school moved to a new building.

Whitmore High School's last two Ofsted inspections, one in 2007^[4] and the latest in 2015,^[1] have both judged the school as "Outstanding".

Sixth Form

Whitmore opened its sixth form in 2006 as part of the borough's "collegiate" post-16 offer.^[5] Along with the rest of the school, Whitmore's sixth form was judged as "Outstanding" by Ofsted in 2015.^[1]

The construction of a new sixth form block began in late 2013, and the finished building opened in 2015, consisting of six classrooms and a new sixth form common room and study area.

Former pupils

Dev Patel, actor, movies including Slumdog Millionaire^[6]
Owen Hurcum, former mayor of Bangor, Gwynedd^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ofsted, inspection report for Whitmore High School, 2015
^ Ofsted, Inspection Reports page for Whitmore High School, accessed July 2015,
^ "Science College - Welcome to Whitmore High School". www.whitmore.harrow.sch.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ Ofsted, inspection report for Whitmore High School, 2007
^ Sixth form education in Harrow, Harrow Council website, accessed July 2015
^ "Dev Patel: 'I didn't know what I was getting myself into'". the Guardian. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ "Student wins public speaking competition". Harrow Times. Retrieved 9 February 2022.