Bishop Stopford's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 24 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Enfield
Unique reference
102052
Address
Brick Lane, EN1 3PU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
612 (63% of total capacity)
Boys
51.0%
Girls
49.0%
First language not English
44.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
43%
Persistent absence
34.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.6%
Pupil ethnicities
African 32.4%
Other White 25.2%
Caribbean 10.1%
Mixed 8%
Other 6.5%
Other Black 5.2%
Unclassified 4.7%
White British 3.4%
Other Asian 1.3%
Indian 1%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Irish 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 10%
Local authority average 59%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.4
Local authority average 46.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.05
Local authority average 4.26
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award18
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award27
MultimediaTechnical Award13
Sports StudiesTechnical Award22
BiologyGCSE23
ChemistryGCSE23
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE116
English LiteratureGCSE116
FrenchGCSE10
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Bishop Stopford's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
67
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
47
2nd preference
38
3rd preference
40
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
47
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes18.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
52
26
26
Year 8
78
37
41
Year 9
98
49
49
Year 10
129
65
64
Year 11
143
77
66
Year 12
77
40
37
Year 13
35
18
17
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
91.9%
85.5%
Further education
29.0%
25.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
44.0%
58.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
18.0%
8.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
0.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
0.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
3.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
67.0%
73.2%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
23.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022