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Wren Academy Enfield

Secondary · Enfield · EN2 8GH

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

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

Inspected 1 November 2022

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At a glance

1,024 pupils · 84% of 1,220 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
13.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
12.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.wrenacademyenfield.org/
URN
143924

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 300 families named it first for 181 Year 7 places, 1.66 first choices per place. We hold 5 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2021 to 2025; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 1 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.66 first-choice applications per place

181 places offered · 300 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Cutoff by admission criterion (2025 entry)

Community places
0.757 miles
Foundation places (Church of England)
1.878 miles
Foundation places (other Christian denominations)
1.685 miles

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
58.3
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
88.8%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
69.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
5.5
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 school58.3
Median of its 12 closest peers51.2
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
Manor Church of England AcademyYork · 165 miles awayStrong standard54
The Burgate School and Sixth FormFordingbridge · 89 miles awayGood (2019)46.6
Brooke Weston AcademyGreat Oakley · 61 miles awayGood50.5
St Peter's Catholic High SchoolWigan · 169 miles awayGood51.1
Broughton High SchoolPreston · 184 miles awayOutstanding59.3
Manningtree High SchoolManningtree · 53 miles awayGood48.6
Taverham High SchoolNorwich · 89 miles awayGood49
Yavneh CollegeBorehamwood · 7 miles awayGood61.6
Great Western AcademySwindon · 74 miles awayGood45.5
Northstowe Learning CommunityCambridge · 43 miles awayGood51.4
Gartree High SchoolLeicester · 76 miles awayGood54
Testbourne Community SchoolWhitchurch · 61 miles awayGood53.3

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 54% (Enfield 15%, England 59%) · Any other White background 17% (Enfield 28%, England 7%) · Black African 6% (Enfield 17%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Enfield 7%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Enfield 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Enfield 8%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Enfield 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Enfield 2%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Enfield 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Enfield 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Enfield 3%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Enfield 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Enfield 0%, England 0%) · Not recorded 1% (Enfield 4%, 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)
5.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

22.44 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
16.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

1.57% 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)

88.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 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 £57,500; 13.6% 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 (2024-25)

This school£8,085
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 17% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (6%) · supplies and services 4% (11%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 5% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £5,000; in-year balance -£261,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier68%62.3%
Social housing15.5%17.1%
Privately rented16.5%20.5%
Detached houses15%22.9%
Flats36.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van19.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001468 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£452,000334 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£323,000–£600,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (22)£817,500
Semi-detached (52)£603,000
Terraced (95)£560,000
Flat (165)£327,000

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
30an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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