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Laurel Park School

Secondary · London · N14 7HY

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 26 November 2024

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At a glance

607 pupils · 76% of 800 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
41.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
46.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.laurelparkschool.co.uk
URN
102056

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 57 families named it first for 129 Year 7 places, 0.44 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 inspection on 26 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.44 first-choice applications per place

129 places offered · 57 first-choice applications · usually has places

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
36.8
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
45.6%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
28.9%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.2
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.

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school36.8
Median of its 12 closest peers39.7
Enfield average46.9
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind 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
St. Thomas More Language CollegeLondon · 9 miles awayGood45.9
Fulham Cross AcademyLondon · 10 miles awayGood45.7
The Heys SchoolManchester · 160 miles awayGood34
The Oaks AcademyCrewe · 142 miles awayGood35.4
Ruskin Community High SchoolCrewe · 141 miles awayGood37.9
Thomas Knyvett CollegeAshford · 19 miles awayNeeds attention38.6
Ernest Bevin AcademyLondon · 12 miles awayExpected standard44.6
St Joseph's CollegeLondon · 13 miles awayGood45.5
The HollinsAccrington · 174 miles awayNo current grade40.7
Lancaster AcademyLeicester · 80 miles awayGood37.5
Twickenham SchoolTwickenham · 16 miles awayExpected standard46.5
St Mary's Catholic High SchoolCroydon · 16 miles awayNeeds attention36.5

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 28% (Enfield 28%, England 7%) · White British 13% (Enfield 15%, England 59%) · Black African 10% (Enfield 17%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 9% (Enfield 8%, England 3%) · Not recorded 6% (Enfield 4%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Enfield 7%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Enfield 3%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 5% (Enfield 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Enfield 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 4% (Enfield 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Enfield 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Enfield 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Enfield 2%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Enfield 1%, England 5%) · White Irish 1% (Enfield 0%, England 0%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Enfield 3%, England 2%)

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)
7.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
25.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

46.75 suspensions per 100 pupils and 2 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
16.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 5% 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)

55.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.9 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 £53,250; 9.1% 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£10,186
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (77%) · premises 5% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (7%) · supplies and services 13% (10%) · educational supplies 6% (6%) · bought-in professional services 5% (2%) · catering 3% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£1,898,036; in-year balance -£59,350

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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
92%
Continuing in education
91%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.3%62.3%
Social housing3.6%17.1%
Privately rented18.1%20.5%
Detached houses6.2%22.9%
Flats12.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms46.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van15.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001535 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£610,000494 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£416,000–£805,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (13)£925,000
Semi-detached (90)£875,000
Terraced (195)£706,000
Flat (196)£385,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
9an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
112an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
18an 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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