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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 2 April 2025Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 16 October 2019Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry1,153 applications · 240 places offered · 105 named it first
- 2026 4.8; Enfield median median 3.0
- 2025 4.9; Enfield median median 2.9
- 2024 5.3; Enfield median median 2.8
- 2023 5.8; Enfield median median 2.7
- 2022 5.2; Enfield median median 2.8
- 2021 5.4; Enfield median median 2.9
- 2020 6.5; Enfield median median 3.0
- 2019 7.2; Enfield median median 3.5
- 2018 7.3; Enfield median median 3.3
- 2017 7.3; Enfield median median 3.6
- 2016 6.9; Enfield median median 3.5; as the previous school
- 2015 6.3; Enfield median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2014 6.3; Enfield median median 4.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Enfield median
Dashed bars: as Southgate School (URN 102047), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 240 | 1,153 | 4.8 | 105 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2025 | 239 | 1,173 | 4.9 | 102 | 0.43 |
| Sep 2024 | 240 | 1,276 | 5.3 | 139 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2023 | 237 | 1,368 | 5.8 | 145 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2022 | 248 | 1,295 | 5.2 | 148 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2021 | 249 | 1,340 | 5.4 | 155 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2020 | 249 | 1,626 | 6.5 | 218 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 | 249 | 1,793 | 7.2 | 224 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2018 | 246 | 1,804 | 7.3 | 246 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 250 | 1,812 | 7.3 | 215 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2016 * | 249 | 1,705 | 6.9 | 221 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 * | 247 | 1,549 | 6.3 | 174 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2014 * | 246 | 1,558 | 6.3 | 158 | 0.64 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 233 | 54.4 | 61% | 79% | – |
| 2024/25 | 236 | 51.1 | 52% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 234 | 54.5 | 66% | 83% | +0.37 |
| 2022/23 | 246 | 54.4 | 59% | 80% | +0.48 |
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
- Southgate SchoolThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20254.8applications per place 54.4Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · Barnet20263.9applications per place 49.9Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Barnet20264.7applications per place 61.1Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · BarnetGood20224.4applications per place 61.0Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · EnfieldGraded · no overall grade20246.2applications per place 54.9Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · BarnetRemains Good20242.4applications per place 49.5Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · EnfieldGood20225.1applications per place 55.9Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · BarnetOutstanding20235.1applications per place 53.8Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · BarnetRemains Good20242.4applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 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
- 142727 · 308/4029
- Trust
- Middlesex Learning Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,531 pupils · 1,447 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2016
- Replaced
- Southgate School (URN 102047)
- Address
- Sussex Way, Cockfosters, Barnet, EN4 0BL
- Local authority
- Enfield
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources