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Harris Lowe Academy Willesden

Harris Lowe Academy Willesden is a secondary school (Academy sponsor led), ages 11–18, in London, NW10, in the Brent council area. It has 1,149 pupils in the published census. Latest Ofsted inspection (12 November 2024): Good in all 5 graded areas. It is listed as non-selective.

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Admissions

Published admissions history
Entry yearLast distance offeredPlaces (PAN)ApplicationsOffers
2026
All offered
180
285
158
2025
All offered
210
Not published
180
2024
All offered
210
Not published
169

“All offered” means the published group had places for all eligible applicants; its distance is not a cut-off for admission.

Distances are in miles (mi), as in the map app. PAN is the published admission number. Bands and admission groups have separate criteria; school-wide places, applications and offers are not counts for each band. Past offers are a guide, not a promise of a place.

Brent publishes, for each admission criterion, the furthest distance offered in metres (converted to miles here); the measurement method is not stated in these tables. Furthest distance is not shown for looked-after, social/medical, pupil premium and staff children.

Furthest distance offered by criterion (converted from metres): Sibling: 7.79 mi; Distance: 39.149 mi; Nearest school with a vacancy: 1.799 mi. Every applicant was offered a place: 44 place(s) went to children allocated it as the nearest school with a vacancy. Brent status: Undersubscribed.

Brent admissions information and published allocations

Ofsted

Good in all 5 graded areas — inspected 12 November 2024.

AreaJudgement
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective
Yes
Sixth form
Good

Read the Ofsted inspection report

Term dates

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Results

MeasureResultAcademic year
Progress 8
0.23
2023/24
Attainment 8
41.6
2024/25
GCSE grade 5+ in English & maths (%)
39.9
2024/25
KS4 pupils
173
2024/25
A level average point score per entry
35.24
2024/25
A level average grade per entry
B-
2024/25
A level students
50
2024/25

Progress 8 compares progress with pupils who had similar primary results; 0 is the national average. Its publication year can differ from the other GCSE results above.

Pupils

MeasurePupils / percentageData period
Pupils
1,149
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
49.8%
2025/26
English as an additional language
56.5%
2025/26
SEN support
9.11%
2024/25
Education, health and care (EHC) plan
2.5%
2024/25

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