The school has a student age range of 11–19 years old and is Voluntary Aided.

[1] On 27 November 2012, students and teachers were evacuated from Newman Catholic College in Harlesden following reports of a bomb in the school's grounds.

[8] Of 50 teachers at the Roman Catholic boys' school in Harlesden, 26 left in 2000.

Documents obtained by The Guardian include a letter by union representatives to the chairman of governors, John Fox, alleging that the school environment had become "unsafe for pupils and staff".

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