Heron Hall Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 29 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free 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
139599
Address
Queensway, Ponders End, EN3 4SA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1191 (65% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
60.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
42%
Persistent absence
18.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.2%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 33.8%
African 24.9%
Mixed 9%
Caribbean 7.6%
White British 6.7%
Other 6.7%
Bangladeshi 3.1%
Unclassified 2.6%
Pakistani 1.8%
Other Black 1.5%
Indian 1%
Other Asian 0.7%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.33
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 44%
Local authority average 57%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 45
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.92
Local authority average 4.3
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE4
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE45
BiologyGCSE48
Business Studies:SingleGCSE99
ChemistryGCSE48
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE99
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE101
Design & TechnologyGCSE72
English LanguageGCSE212
English LiteratureGCSE207
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Heron Hall Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
230
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
186
2nd preference
122
3rd preference
93
From another Local Authority
11
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
186
2nd preference
31
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
235
103
132
Year 8
237
131
106
Year 9
222
120
102
Year 10
211
109
102
Year 11
212
103
109
Year 12
74
37
37
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
91.9%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
23.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
48.0%
58.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
17.0%
8.8%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022