- This 25-acre riverside estate in Barnes, southwest London, was a sports club for employees of the Harrods department store until Sir Alford Houstoun-Boswall founded Harrodian in 1993, initially with 65 pupils and 13 staff.
- About 1,000 boys and girls aged 4 to 18 enjoy the school’s riverfront location, extensive sports facilities, modern science labs, ICT suites, and music and drama centres.
- The headmaster, James Hooke, likens Harrodians to a “close-knit family”, with a strong sense of community, friendship and warmth.
- More than 30 subjects are on offer at A-level and 22 at GCSE. In 2025, 68 per cent of all grades achieved at A-level were A*-A.
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