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Heron Hall Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 43 42.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
42.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
39.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
11.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.17 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 39.7[6] 31.1%[6]
2023/24 44.1[4] 43.9%[4] +0.17[4]
2022/23 45[7] 45%[7] +0.33[7]
2021/22 49.9[8] 48%[8] +0.73[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2024/25[3]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[9]
School sixth form
62% 2022/23[9]
Sixth-form college
9% 2022/23[9]
Further education college
19% 2022/23[9]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[9]
Employment
2% 2021/22[10]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[10] 47%[10] 19%[10] 23%[10] 1%[10] 2%[10]
2020/21 96%[11] 48%[11] 17%[11] 28%[11] 1%[11] 2%[11]
2019/20 96%[12] 47%[12] 19%[12] 25%[12] 2%[12] 1%[12]
2018/19 88%[13] 33%[13] 18%[13] 37%[13] 0%[13] 0%[13]

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
8 Oct 2024[14]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14]
Report published
24 Nov 2024[14]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[14]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[14]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
29 Jan 2019[15] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[15] No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.5 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference)
451 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences
153 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered
183 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 447[16] 152[16] 174[16] 2.6[16] 0.9[16]
Entry Sept 2024 532[16] 186[16] 230[16] 2.3[16] 0.8[16]
Entry Sept 2023 553[16] 178[16] 234[16] 2.4[16] 0.8[16]
Entry Sept 2022 575[16] 183[16] 240[16] 2.4[16] 0.8[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Capacity
1400[1]
Trust
NORTH STAR COMMUNITY TRUST LTD[1]
Local authority
Enfield[1]
Website
www.heronhallacademy.org.uk[1]
District
Enfield[17]
Postcode
EN3 4SA[1]
URN
139599[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1239 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
59.5% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
10.3% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
6.2% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
49.3% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
38.9%[19]
Mixed
8.4%[19]
Asian
8.1%[19]
Black
33.3%[19]
Any other ethnic group
8.2%[19]
Unclassified
3.1%[19]

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

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.