Avanti House School
Wemborough Road, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 2EQ ·
At a glance
A state Hindu secondary free school for ages 11–18 in Stanmore. Ofsted inspection (June 2025): Outstanding in all areas (no overall grade was given). GCSE results are well above the England average (Attainment 8: 64.0 vs 46.1, 2024/25). Oversubscribed: 367 families put it first for 167 places (September 2026 entry).
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1,206
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Harrow
- Academy trust
- AVANTI SCHOOLS TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Arnell
- Opened
- Sept 2012
Inspection
Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)
Inspections from September 2024 did not give an overall grade, only the separate judgements below.
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
Safeguarding effective: Yes
Exam results
Department for Education performance tables
GCSE results, 2024/25 · 180 pupils
Attainment 8 over time
Progress 8 isn't published for 2024/25 because those pupils had no KS2 test results (tests were cancelled in 2020). Exams were not held in 2019/20 or 2020/21.
Admissions
Demand for places and how places are allocated
Year 7 entry, September 2026 (national offer day data)
155 of 367 first-preference applicants were offered a place (42%). 33 offers went to families living in another council area.
Catchment area
We don't have an official catchment boundary for this school. Many schools don't have one, and few councils publish boundaries as open data. We don't estimate catchments. Check the school's admissions policy or the council's admissions booklet.
Last distance offered
Not published nationally. Many councils publish the furthest distance offered for each school in their annual allocation reports. Past distances vary year to year with demand and sibling numbers, so they are not a guarantee.
Pupils
School census 2024/25
- Eligible for free school meals (last 6 years)7.2%
- English as an additional language45.7%
- SEN support5.8%
- Education, Health and Care plan3.1%
- The black tick shows the median for state-funded secondary schools in England.