Winchmore School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 48 48.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 48.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 44.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 18% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.13 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	46.2[6]	41.6%[6]
2023/24	50[4]	56%[4]	+0.13[4]
2022/23	48.7[7]	54%[7]	+0.25[7]
2021/22	52.8[8]	58%[8]	+0.19[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 7.8% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	C+[10]	13.3%[10]
2022/23	C+[11]	13.9%[11]
2021/22	B[12]	11.8%[12]
2018/19	C[13]	6.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 69% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 5% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 20% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 1% 2021/22[15]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	95%[15]	73%[15]	8%[15]	11%[15]	1%[15]	1%[15]
2020/21	97%[16]	71%[16]	10%[16]	15%[16]	0%[16]	1%[16]
2019/20	95%[17]	69%[17]	7%[17]	18%[17]
2018/19	92%[18]	67%[18]	6%[18]	15%[18]		1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 83% 2022/23[19]
Education: 66% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 14% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	81%[20]	63%[20]	4%[20]	14%[20]
2020/21	84%[21]	69%[21]	4%[21]	12%[21]
2019/20	84%[22]	79%[22]		4%[22]
2018/19	86%[23]	72%[23]	5%[23]	10%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 69% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 15% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 17% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2019/20[25]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	73%[26]	24%[26]
2019/20	78%[25]	19%[25]	17%[25]	0%[25]
2018/19	73%[27]	12%[27]	12%[27]	1%[27]
2017/18	78%[28]	16%[28]	16%[28]	1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 28 Jun 2022[29]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published: 21 Sep 2022[29]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: School remains Good[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
22 Nov 2016[30]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30]	No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 4.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 1101 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 314 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 240 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 1.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	1242[31]	372[31]	240[31]	5.2[31]	1.6[31]
Entry Sept 2024	1265[31]	380[31]	240[31]	5.3[31]	1.6[31]
Entry Sept 2023	1170[31]	367[31]	238[31]	4.9[31]	1.5[31]
Entry Sept 2022	1138[31]	293[31]	240[31]	4.7[31]	1.2[31]

Furthest distance offered (Distance)

By entry year
Entry	Furthest distance
Entry Sept 2023	0.751 miles[32]

Character & practicalities

Type: Community school[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1433[1]
Local authority: Enfield[1]
Website: http://www.winchmore.enfield.sch.uk/[1]
District: Enfield [33]
Postcode: N21 3HS[1]
URN: 102045[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 1788 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language: 36.1% 2024/25[34]
SEN support: 9.6% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan: 5.3% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 28.9% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 54.1%[35]
Mixed: 12.9%[35]
Asian: 8.1%[35]
Black: 14.6%[35]
Any other ethnic group: 7.6%[35]
Unclassified: 2.8%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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