Harrow Way Community School

Harrow Way Community School
Motto Learning For Life, Success For All
Type Community school
Religion any
Headteacher Mr. M. J. Serridge
Deputy Headteacher Miss. C. Lowing & Mrs. N. Pearce
Chair Mr. L. Cherrington
Location Harrow Way
Andover
Hampshire
SP10 3RH
England
51°13′00″N 1°30′04″W / 51.2167°N 1.5012°W / 51.2167; -1.5012Coordinates: 51°13′00″N 1°30′04″W / 51.2167°N 1.5012°W / 51.2167; -1.5012
Local authority Hampshire
DfE URN 116431 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–16
Website harrowway.hants.sch.uk

Harrow Way Community School is a coeducational community secondary school. It is located on the historic Harrow Way in Andover, in the English county of Hampshire.[1]

It is administered by Hampshire County Council which coordinates the schools admissions. Harrow Way has also gained specialist status as a Maths and Computing College. The school offers GCSEs, BTECs and other level 1 and 2 courses as programmes of study for pupils.[2]

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 (as of 2018): Mike 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 BBC television series Codename Icarus.

References

  1. "Harrow Way Community School". Harrowway.hants.sch.uk. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  2. Curriculum September 5th, 2013 (2013-09-05). "Harrow Way Community School » Curriculum". Harrowway.hants.sch.uk. Retrieved 2013-10-26.


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