Harrow High School is a co-educational academy in the London Borough of Harrow and a specialist Sports College. It was previously called Gayton High School and Harrow County School for Boys. The school has a sixth form for post-16 studies part of the Harrow Sixth Form Collegiate. There was an independent school with the same name on a nearby site until the late 1980s.
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History
The school was formerly Harrow County School for Boys, a grammar school. In 1975, when the London Borough of Harrow adopted the comprehensive system of education, it was renamed Gayton High School (after its address on Gayton Road); it remained an all-boys school.
In 1998, the school became coeducational and changed its name to Harrow High School.
Academy
On 1 August 2011, Harrow High School officially gained academy status.
Independent school
The name "Harrow High School" had formerly belonged to an independent school which, until its closure in the late 1980s, occupied a site across the road from the current school.
Old Gaytonians Association (OGA)
The Old Gaytonians Association gained its first two members in October 1911 but the association was officially established on 27 September 1912. It was closed on 30 September 2016.
It was named after the school publication of the same name, this name was chosen because the school site was on 'Gayton Road'.
Notable Old Gaytonians
Harrow County School for Boys
The following were educated at the then Harrow County School for Boys:
Peter Ackroyd, Biblical scholar
Clive Anderson, comedy writer and broadcaster
Kenneth Bagshawe, emeritus professor of medical oncology, Charing Cross Hospital
John Boothman, air officer commanding-in-chief RAF Coastal Command 1953–1956, and outright winner of the Schneider Trophy in the Supermarine S6B, 1931
Donald Box, Conservative MP for Cardiff North 1959–66
Sydney Caine, director, London School of Economics 1957–1967
Horace Cutler, leader Greater London Council 1977–1981
Nicholas de Lange, professor of Hebrew and Jewish studies, University of Cambridge
Robert Dell, Archdeacon of Derby 1973-1992
Geoff Egan, archaeologist and small finds expert
Kel Fidler, vice-chancellor of University of Northumbria 2001–2008, and chairman of the Engineering Council 2005–2011
Andrew Findon, flautist
C. Robin Ganellin, emeritus professor of medicinal chemistry, University College London
Roger Glover, musician
Carl Jackson, director of music at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court 1996-2025
Gayton High School
Angus Fraser, cricketer
Mark Ramprakash, cricketer
Jitesh Gadhia, investment banker
Rishi Rich, International Music producer
Nick Webster, soccer coach, writer, TV personality
Harrow High School
Marvin Sordell, former footballer who played for Watford, Burton Albion and England Under-21s
Ben Davis, footballer for Fulham F.C. and Thailand under-23s