Bishop Stopford's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 25 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
727 (64% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
53.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
39.1%
Persistent absence
36.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.7%
Pupil ethnicities
African 30.7%
Other White 26.4%
Caribbean 9.6%
Mixed 7.5%
Other 7.3%
Other Black 5.5%
Unclassified 4.8%
White British 4%
Indian 1.1%
Other Asian 1.1%
Irish 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 57%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.1
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.08
Local authority average 4.3
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award26
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award25
MultimediaTechnical Award11
BiologyGCSE38
ChemistryGCSE38
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE141
English LiteratureGCSE140
FrenchGCSE10
GeographyGCSE62
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Bishop Stopford's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
63
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
46
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
58
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
46
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
86
37
49
Year 8
102
49
53
Year 9
124
63
61
Year 10
138
71
67
Year 11
177
96
81
Year 12
63
32
31
Year 13
37
17
20
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
91.1%
85.6%
Further education
24.0%
22.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
48.0%
59.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
18.0%
8.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.9%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
88.0%
79.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
13.0%
32.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
13.0%
1.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021