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The Latymer School

Secondary · London · N9 9TN

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Strong standard

Inspected 15 April 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

1,355 pupils · 94% of 1,438 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Selective
Free school meals
8.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
20.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.latymer.co.uk/
URN
102055

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 339 families named it first for 192 Year 7 places, 1.77 first choices per place. We hold 8 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2018 to 2025; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 15 April 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.77 first-choice applications per place

192 places offered · 339 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places for 2025 entry were decided by test scores, not distance.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Places for 2025 entry were decided by test scores, not distance.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

191 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
80.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
99.5%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
99%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
7.9
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) A-
47.3
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school80.1
Median of its 12 closest peers75.2
Enfield average46.9
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Westcliff High School for Boys AcademyWestcliff-on-Sea · 32 miles awayOutstanding77.6
Westcliff High School for GirlsWestcliff-on-Sea · 32 miles awayOutstanding75.6
Chelmsford County High School for GirlsChelmsford · 25 miles awayOutstanding80.7
Heckmondwike Grammar SchoolHeckmondwike · 159 miles awayStrong standard80.2
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar SchoolAylesbury · 35 miles awayOutstanding73.2
Invicta Grammar SchoolMaidstone · 36 miles awayOutstanding70.8
Southend High School for GirlsSouthend-on-Sea · 36 miles awayOutstanding75
Pate's Grammar SchoolCheltenham · 89 miles awayOutstanding82.7
The Rochester Grammar SchoolRochester · 30 miles awayGood68.4
The King's School, GranthamGrantham · 92 miles awayGood72.7
Royal Latin SchoolBuckingham · 47 miles awayGood73.5
Wolverhampton Girls' High SchoolWolverhampton · 111 miles awayOutstanding75.4

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 16% (Enfield 15%, England 59%) · Any other Mixed background 15% (Enfield 7%, England 3%) · Any other White background 14% (Enfield 28%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 13% (Enfield 2%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 7% (Enfield 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 7% (Enfield 4%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 5% (Enfield 3%, England 2%) · Black African 5% (Enfield 17%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Enfield 8%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Enfield 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Enfield 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Enfield 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Enfield 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Enfield 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Enfield 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.62 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Enfield: 11.94 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

67.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £57,356; 6.6% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,146
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 8% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (7%) · supplies and services 12% (10%) · educational supplies 10% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £430,767; in-year balance +£58,858

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
100%
Continuing in education
100%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
71%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
12%
Any sustained destination
88%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications34.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work15.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways35.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier30%62.3%
Social housing31.4%17.1%
Privately rented38.3%20.5%
Detached houses2.6%22.9%
Flats63.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van50.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001461 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£440,000355 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£348,500–£501,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£672,500
Semi-detached (65)£510,000
Terraced (200)£441,000
Flat (82)£257,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
8an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
47an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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