Enfield Grammar School
Secondary · Enfield · EN2 6LN
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 31 January 2024
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1,004 pupils · 90% of 1,111 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 35.9% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 24.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 8.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- URN
- 137094
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 76 families named it first for 139 Year 7 places, 0.55 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 2.634 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 8 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2018 to 2025. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 31 January 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.55 first-choice applications per place139 places offered · 76 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
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.
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.634 miles
measurement method not stated by the council.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Enfield school admissions · the wider Enfield authority
GCSE results (2024/2025)
171 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
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)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 18% (Enfield 15%, England 59%) · Black African 17% (Enfield 17%, England 5%) · Any other White background 15% (Enfield 28%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (Enfield 8%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Enfield 7%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 6% (Enfield 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Enfield 3%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 4% (Enfield 4%, England 1%) · Not recorded 4% (Enfield 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Enfield 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 3% (Enfield 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 3% (Enfield 2%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Enfield 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Enfield 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Enfield 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
31.22 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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Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
81.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.8 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 £62,695; 10.9% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 13% (6%) · supplies and services 7% (11%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 4% (3%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £1,170,000; in-year balance -£251,000
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Where pupils go after GCSEs
Where students go after sixth form
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
Inspection history since 2015
- 30 January 2024: School remains Good
- 27 September 2018: Good
- 28 February 2018: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 46.3% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 15.7% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 43.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 15.3% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 51.6% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 57% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 14.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 28.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 5.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 39.9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 20% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 31.2% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001536 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £500,000572 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £350,000–£625,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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
- 7an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 18an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 144an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 20an 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