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Kingsmead School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,484Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136327URN

196 Southbury Road, Enfield, EN1 1YQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Safeguarding standards not met

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
close to Enfield median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in EnfieldSelective

846 applications for 279 places · 10th of 20 in Enfield
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
49.1of 90
9th of 21 in Enfield
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Safeguarding: standards not met at the latest report card inspection

Report card · inspected 21 April 2026Published 8 July 2026 · safeguarding standards not met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 21 April 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention, 1 Urgent improvement
  2. 27 April 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
3.0applications per place, Year 7
close to Enfield median (3.0) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

846 applications · 279 places offered · 232 named it first

  1. 2026 3.0; Enfield median median 3.0
  2. 2025 3.4; Enfield median median 2.9
  3. 2024 3.9; Enfield median median 2.8
  4. 2023 4.4; Enfield median median 2.7
  5. 2022 4.3; Enfield median median 2.8
  6. 2021 5.2; Enfield median median 2.9
  7. 2020 5.3; Enfield median median 3.0
  8. 2019 5.5; Enfield median median 3.5
  9. 2018 5.5; Enfield median median 3.3
  10. 2017 5.4; Enfield median median 3.6
  11. 2016 5.3; Enfield median median 3.5
  12. 2015 5.5; Enfield median median 3.3
  13. 2014 5.5; Enfield median median 4.2
More applications per place than the Enfield median in 12 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 20262798463.02320.83
Sep 20252528663.42621.04
Sep 20242529873.92641.05
Sep 20232501,0914.42891.16
Sep 20222511,0814.32961.18
Sep 20212521,2995.22711.08
Sep 20202691,4335.33221.20
Sep 20192701,4805.53061.13
Sep 20182511,3735.52621.04
Sep 20172421,3115.42511.04
Sep 20162421,2855.32270.94
Sep 20152401,3155.52751.15
Sep 20142371,3015.52651.12

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

242 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)49.19th of 21 in Enfield
Grade 5 or above in English and maths47%9th of 21 in Enfield
Grade 4 or above in English and maths69%
  • This school
  • Enfield median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.27
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)24249.147%69%–
2024/2524748.847%71%–
2023/2424750.551%72%+0.27
2022/2324350.548%73%+0.41

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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136327 · 308/4015
Trust
Kingsmead School
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,470 pupils · 1,484 on roll
Free school meals
42.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 October 2010
Replaced
Kingsmead School (URN 102044)
Address
196 Southbury Road, Enfield, EN1 1YQ
Local authority
Enfield

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