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Canons High School: data, trends and context

Canons High School is a secondary school in Harrow. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
137199
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Harrow
Region
London
Trust
CANONS HIGH SCHOOL
Postcode
HA8 6AN
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,139
FSM eligible
27.6%
EAL / First language other than English
67.3%
SEND (total)
11.1%
SEN Support
9.8%
EHCP
1.2%
White British
4.6%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.2%
Overall absence
9.8%
Persistent absence
39.7%
Severe absence
3.3%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
HarrowLocal authority92.9%7.1%2.0%
LondonRegion92.7%7.3%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
20.9%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
11.7%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.16%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
39.1
English & maths grade 5+
35.2%
English & maths grade 4+
48.2%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Canons High School against 25 similar schools

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Canons High School is a secondary school in Harrow. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.