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Harrow School · 2017

Leaver destinations and offers · 2017

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offers, places, final destinations and applications kept on separate rows exactly as the school or carrier described them; counts are as printed

Type of result: University destinations.

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Published basis
places
Cambridge
8
Note
2017 leavers · 'three quarters of our leavers' at Oxbridge/Ivy League/Russell Group combined (not a Russell-Group-only %). Cambridge's own 2017-cycle apply-centre table prints 10 acceptances for Harrow vs the school's 8 places (Cambridge counts include deferred/other-cycle effects; recorded separately).
Oxford + Cambridge
21
Oxford
13
Published wording
three quarters of our leavers to take up places at Oxbridge, Ivy League or Russell Group universities ... A total of 21 boys took up places at Oxford (13) and Cambridge (8), with 43% of boys taking up offers at universities ranked in the top 25 globally including Princeton, Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania. Other popular destinations were Bristol (21), Edinburgh (16), Durham (10) and Imperial (10).
Year
2017
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Oxford + Cambridge · 2017. Value: 21.

Harrow School 2017 Exam Results and University Destinations · Main results/destinations paragraphs

Checked 2026-09-06. Places taken up, as reported by school; distinct from Cambridge admissions-cycle acceptances.

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Oxford + Cambridge · 2017. Value: 21.

Harrow School:2017 exam results · Dated3November2017; A-level and destination paragraphs

Checked 2026-09-06. School-reported places taken up. Cambridge university-cycle acceptance data have a different stated definition; the reason for any count difference is unresolved here. Do not assume deferred-entry effects explain it.

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Checked against the original publication

Oxford · 2017. Value: 13.

Harrow School:2017 exam results · Dated3November2017; A-level and destination paragraphs

Checked 2026-09-06. School-reported places taken up. Cambridge university-cycle acceptance data have a different stated definition; the reason for any count difference is unresolved here. Do not assume deferred-entry effects explain it.

Checked against the original publication

Cambridge · 2017. Value: 8.

Harrow School:2017 exam results · Dated3November2017; A-level and destination paragraphs

Checked 2026-09-06. School-reported places taken up. Cambridge university-cycle acceptance data have a different stated definition; the reason for any count difference is unresolved here. Do not assume deferred-entry effects explain it.

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Oxford + Cambridge · May be used when the year and population match

Reported value: 21. 0 decimal places. Unit: count.

Group counted: Leavers taking up destinations. Recorded total for this measure: Unknown / not recorded. Type of result: Final destinations. Grading system: Leaver year.

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Original source code: P. Numerical classification: exact.

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  • EXT_HARROW_6003E3F7 · Harrow School · 2017 Exam results · 2017-11-03 · public link not established · school news post; A level 2017; places 2017; itemised places 2017

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