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1572
450+
Years of legacy
830
Full-Boarding pupils
Founded in 1572, Harrow’s long heritage shapes a strong community spirit and sense of belonging. Its identity lies in balancing tradition with innovation, continuity with change.
As one of the world’s most respected independent schools, Harrow School provides a world-class, full-boarding education for 830 boys aged 13 to 18 on its 324-acre campus in northwest London, United Kingdom. Harrow strives to be at the forefront of educational development through inspiring teaching and coaching, cutting-edge technology, and outstanding facilities.
Founded in 1572, Harrow’s rich heritage continues to shape daily life within the School. It fosters a strong sense of community among pupils, staff, and parents, nurturing both personal growth and a shared spirit of belonging that spans generations.
At its core, Harrow embodies a balance between tradition and innovation – honouring its history while embracing progress, and uniting the values of the past with the opportunities of the future.
Harrow School’s history spans more than four centuries of academic excellence
and character-driven education.
Harrow Dubai is part of a legacy that has shaped confident, capable, and compassionate young people for more than four centuries. These key moments capture how Harrow’s values, traditions, and educational excellence have grown into a global standard.
Harrow Dubai is part of a legacy that has shaped confident, capable, and compassionate young people for more than four centuries. These key moments capture how Harrow’s values, traditions, and educational excellence have grown into a global standard.
Harrow Dubai is part of a legacy that has shaped confident, capable, and compassionate young people for more than four centuries. These key moments capture how Harrow’s values, traditions, and educational excellence have grown into a global standard.
Harrow Dubai is part of a legacy that has shaped confident, capable, and compassionate young people for more than four centuries. These key moments capture how Harrow’s values, traditions, and educational excellence have grown into a global standard.
Harrow Dubai is part of a legacy that has shaped confident, capable, and compassionate young people for more than four centuries. These key moments capture how Harrow’s values, traditions, and educational excellence have grown into a global standard.
Harrow Dubai is part of a legacy that has shaped confident, capable, and compassionate young people for more than four centuries. These key moments capture how Harrow’s values, traditions, and educational excellence have grown into a global standard.
Harrow’s most impressive alumni are known among the school community as the “Giants of Old”.
These giants include distinguished alumni such as Sir Winston Churchill, Shri Jawaharlal Nehru, and Lord Shaftesbury, alongside members of royal families from the Middle East, Britain, Thailand, India, and Malaysia.
The School’s influence extends across literature (Lord Byron, Anthony Trollope), the performing arts (Benedict Cumberbatch, James Blunt, Richard Curtis), and science and exploration (Nobel laureate Lord Rayleigh, photography pioneer Fox Talbot, astronaut Dr Nicholas Patrick, and explorer Pen Hadow).
Seven British Prime Ministers, including Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Robert Peel. The first Prime Minister of India, Shri Jawaharlal Nehru. Former Govenor-General of Canada, Field Marshall Viscount Alexander. Nizam of Hyderabad Mukarram Jah, King Hussein of Jordan and King of Iraq Faisal II. British, Thai, Indian, Malaysian and Middle Eastern royal families.
British social reformer Lord Shaftesbury. Admiral Rodney. Former UK Ambassador to the UN Sir Jeremy Greenstock, former Head of the British Armed Forces Field Marshall The Lord Guthrie, former Head of the British Civil Service Lord Butler, and a former Commander of British Forces General Sir Peter de la Billière.
The writers Lord Byron, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Anthony Trollope, John Galsworthy and Terence Rattigan. Actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Edward Fox, musician James Blunt and filmmaker Richard Curtis.
Historians Christopher Tyerman and Simon Sebag Montefiore, and medieval art history professor Paul Binski. Nobel prize-winning physicist Lord Rayleigh, photography pioneer William Fox Talbot, documentary-maker Alastair Fothergill, and explorers Sir Arthur Evans, James Bruce, Pen Hadow and Tom Avery.
Founder of the UK’s Football Association Charles Alcock, international rugby players Maro Itoje and Billy Vunipola, and cricketer Nick Compton.
Property developer Peter Beckwith, founder of Island Records Chris Blackwell, and inventor of the Brompton folding bicycle Andrew Ritchie.
