Canons High School

Canons High School (C.H.S) is an academy school situated in Edgware, Middlesex in the eastern part of the London Borough of Harrow. It also has an attached sixth form centre which forms part of the Harrow Sixth Form Collegiate. The school was formerly known as Downer Grammar School.

Canons High School
Address
Shaldon Road

Edgware
,
Middlesex
,
HA8 6AN

England
Information
TypeAcademy
Established1950. Housed for the first 2 years at the then Blackwell Secondary Modern School in Headstone Lane
Department for Education URN137199 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherMr Bullock
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1250
Former nameDowner Grammar School
Websitehttp://www.canons.harrow.sch.uk/

Admissions

The school currently teaches pupils aged 11 to 18 across six year groups. The school is currently preparing for admission of Year 7 pupils. The current Headteacher is Mr Bullock. The main feeder schools are Stag Lane, Glebe, Little Stanmore and Aylward. The school is oversubscribed.

It is situated just east of the A4140, 300 metres north of the boundary between Harrow and Brent. Queensbury Underground station is close to the south (which is on the Harrow/Brent boundary), and the Jubilee line passes close to the west. Edgware Road (A5) is about a half-mile to the east. It lies in the parish of All Saints', Queensbury.

History

Grammar School

It was formerly known as Downer Grammar School. It was built in 1952 and was the first grammar school to have been built in Harrow after World War II. It was named after Thomas Downer, a magistrate from Harrow, who died in 1502. It was officially opened by the Bishop of Stepney, the Right Rev Joost de Blank in 1955.

High school

In 1974 Downer Grammar School took in the pupils of Camrose Secondary Modern School (which had opened in 1932) to form Canons High School (on the Downer site), with the Camrose site becoming a middle school. Canons had been the name of one of the four houses of the grammar school, each named after a local former country estate. Mr Becker was the headmaster during this time.

The school achieved Technology College status in 2002 and then gained a second vocational specialism.

For many years Canons High School consisted of four year groups, with the first year group being Year 8. However, in September 2008, the school established a sixth form, adding two more years (Year 12 and 13) to the school. A new Sixth Form Centre opened in September 2009. In 2010/2011 the school changed its status from a Technology college to a Science college and changed its intake years to have Year 7's in attendance.

Academy

On 1 August 2011, Canons High School officially gained academy status.

Ofsted

The latest Ofsted report from Canons High School was on 17 January 2023 which was graded 'Good'.[1]

Examination Performance

GCSE Examination Performance
SchoolA*-C Pass Rate
2008		A*-C Pass Rate
2009		A*-C Pass Rate
2010		English Baccalaureate Pass Rate
2010
Canons High School100%46%53.5%12%
Average for London Borough of Harrow57.7%60.8%60.7%22.6%
Average for England47.6%50.7%60.7%15.1%
  • The table above shows the percentage of students gaining five A* to C grades, including English and Maths
  • The rightmost column shows the percentage of students gaining five A* to C grades, in five core subjects - maths; English; two science qualifications; a foreign language and either history or geography.
  • Source: Department for Education[2]
  • Full GCSE results for the London Borough of Harrow

Notable former pupils

Downer Grammar School

Canons High School

References
  1. Ofsted Communications Team (8 October 2020). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  2. "Department for Education". GOV.UK.
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