The Helix Education Centre
The Helix Education Centre is a pupil referral unit in Harrow for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 46 pupils. About 46 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
94 Uxbridge Road, Harrow, HA3 6DH020 8353 4170thehelix.harrow.sch.ukMr Darren Sutherland headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 4 March 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 2 November 2023 | Ungraded | School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Harrow council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (29), Autistic spectrum disorder (8), Physical disability (2), Profound and multiple learning difficulty (2), language and communications needs (2), Moderate learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 46 | 36 | 35 | 37 | 33 | 26 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 46% | 44% | 40% | 49% | 33% | 69% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 59% | 61% | 40% | 38% | 36% | 39% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 72% | 77% | 73% | 73% | 89% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 25% | 23% | 27% | 24% | 12% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 17 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 46%, compared with 67% for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 53% | 55% | 42% |
| Education | 47% | 55% | 42% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Work | 6% | 0% | 0% |
| Not in education, work or training | 29% | 36% | 42% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hujjat Primary School | Free school | 200 m | 356 | Good 2023 | 93 | Compare |
| Bentley Wood High School | Academy | 600 m | 1,393 | Outstanding 2023 | 90 | Compare |
| Weald Rise Primary School | Council | 680 m | 361 | Good 2023 | 59 | Compare |
| Kingsley High School | Council | 0.7 miles | 134 | Outstanding 2024 | – | Compare |
| Cedars Manor School | Council | 0.8 miles | 339 | No overall grade 2025 | 8 | Compare |
| Salvatorian Roman Catholic College | Academy | 0.9 miles | 802 | Good 2022 | 74 | Compare |
| The Sacred Heart Language College | Academy | 0.9 miles | 714 | No overall grade 2024 | 84 | Compare |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary School and Nursery | Roman Catholic | 1.0 miles | 428 | Good 2023 | 72 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Helix Education Centre a good school?
The Helix Education Centre doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in March 2025.
What is The Helix Education Centre's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Helix Education Centre not judged at its last full inspection on 4 March 2025.
How many pupils does The Helix Education Centre have?
46 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026.
Does The Helix Education Centre have a breakfast club?
Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 94 Uxbridge Road, Harrow, HA3 6DH
- Telephone
- 020 8353 4170
- Website
- www.thehelix.harrow.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Darren Sutherland
- Free breakfast club
- Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
- Type of school
- Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Harrow
- Ward
- Harrow Weald
- Constituency
- Harrow East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 102180 · LAESTAB 3101101 · UKPRN 10016655
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Breakfast club: DfE list of schools on the free breakfast club programme.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.