Whitmore High School is a state secondary school in the

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. 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.Ofsted, inspection report for Whitmore High School, 2015
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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

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. In September 2010 the school moved to a new building. Whitmore High School's last two Ofsted inspections, one in 2007 and the latest in 2015, have both judged the school as "Outstanding".

Sixth Form

Whitmore opened its

sixth form In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18. Pupils typically prepare for A-l ...

in 2005 as part of the borough's " collegiate" post-16 offer. Along with the rest of the school, Whitmore's sixth form was judged as "Outstanding" by Ofsted in 2015. 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

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, actor * Owen Hurcum, former mayor of Bangor, Gwynedd

References

External links

Whitmore High School

Harrow Council Homepage
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