Harrow Way Community School is a
coeducational
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community
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secondary school. It is located on the historic
Harrow Way
The Harrow Way (also spelled as "Harroway") is another name for the "Old Way", an ancient trackway in the south of England, dated by archaeological finds to 600–450 BC, but probably in existence since the Stone Age. The Old Way ran f ...
in
Andover
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* Andover, Hampshire, England
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, in the
English county of
Hampshire
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.
It is administered by
Hampshire County Council
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which coordinates the schools admissions. Harrow Way has also gained specialist status as a
Maths and Computing College
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. The school offers
GCSEs
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,
BTECs and other level 1 and 2 courses as programmes of study for pupils.
History
Harrow Way School was opened in September 1967.
Heads:
* 1967-88: Alan Garner
* 1988-2004: Chris Overton
* 2004-11: Charlie Currie
* 2011-12: Mark Warren, acting head
* 2012–Present: Michael Serridge
Ofsted judgements
The school was visited by Ofsted in 1995, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2013 & 2017. The most recent judgement gave the school a 'Good' rating. In 2015, Harrow Way was one of the fifty most improved schools in England.
Trivia
Pupils from Harrow Way Community School were used as extras for the 1981
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