Highlands School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 7 2014 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
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Enfield
Unique reference
132256
Address
148 Worlds End Lane, N21 1QQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1547 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
51.0%
Girls
49.0%
First language not English
13.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
13%
Persistent absence
18.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 32.7%
Other White 27.2%
Mixed 12.7%
Unclassified 6.1%
African 5.8%
Other 3.9%
Indian 2.5%
Caribbean 2.3%
Other Asian 2.2%
Bangladeshi 1%
Other Black 1%
Irish 0.9%
Pakistani 0.9%
Chinese 0.7%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.52
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 77%
Local authority average 57%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 58%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.97
Local authority average 4.3
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award23
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award26
PsychologyAS level21
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE36
BiologyGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE28
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE175
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE31
Design & TechnologyGCSE64
DanceGCSE12
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Highlands School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
244
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
323
2nd preference
424
3rd preference
323
From another Local Authority
78
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
209
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.9
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
252
121
131
Year 8
251
120
131
Year 9
238
140
98
Year 10
239
122
117
Year 11
234
113
121
Year 12
170
89
81
Year 13
163
84
79
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
91.9%
86.5%
Further education
20.0%
23.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
72.0%
58.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
8.8%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
3.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
81.0%
77.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
25.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
16.0%
23.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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