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Highlands School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,694Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 132256URN

148 Worlds End Lane, London, N21 1QQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
6.2per place
3.2 above Enfield median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in EnfieldSelective

1,509 applications for 243 places · 1st of 20 in Enfield
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
54.9of 90
5th of 21 in Enfield
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 5 November 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
6.2applications per place, Year 7
3.2 above Enfield median (3.0) 4.0 above England median (2.2)

1,509 applications · 243 places offered · 445 named it first

  1. 2026 6.2; Enfield median median 3.0
  2. 2025 5.7; Enfield median median 2.9
  3. 2024 6.2; Enfield median median 2.8
  4. 2023 6.2; Enfield median median 2.7
  5. 2022 6.3; Enfield median median 2.8
  6. 2021 6.2; Enfield median median 2.9
  7. 2020 6.7; Enfield median median 3.0
  8. 2019 7.5; Enfield median median 3.5
  9. 2018 7.8; Enfield median median 3.3
  10. 2017 7.7; Enfield median median 3.6
  11. 2016 7.3; Enfield median median 3.5
  12. 2015 6.9; Enfield median median 3.3
  13. 2014 6.8; Enfield median median 4.2
More applications per place than the Enfield median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Enfield median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262431,5096.24451.83
Sep 20252411,3775.73651.51
Sep 20242421,4906.23391.40
Sep 20232441,5176.23231.32
Sep 20222401,5166.33501.46
Sep 20212441,5016.23111.27
Sep 20202421,6326.73971.64
Sep 20192421,8157.54141.71
Sep 20182321,7977.83971.71
Sep 20172331,7847.74081.75
Sep 20162321,6877.33911.69
Sep 20152331,6176.93561.53
Sep 20142341,5836.83711.59

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

239 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)54.95th of 21 in Enfield
Grade 5 or above in English and maths64%4th of 21 in Enfield
Grade 4 or above in English and maths81%
  • This school
  • Enfield median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.42
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23954.964%81%–
2024/2523555.665%80%–
2023/2423754.862%81%+0.42
2022/2323154.058%76%+0.52

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
132256 · 308/4043
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,589 pupils · 1,694 on roll
Free school meals
18.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2000
Address
148 Worlds End Lane, London, N21 1QQ
Local authority
Enfield

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources