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The Lea Valley Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 34 34.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
34.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
18.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
3.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.68 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 33.3[6] 20.4%[6]
2023/24 33.1[4] 25.6%[4] -0.68[4]
2022/23 36.9[7] 27%[7] -0.34[7]
2021/22 34.6[8] 23%[8] -0.74[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 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] 12.5%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 C-[12] 0%[12]
2018/19 D[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
52% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
7% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
28% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[15] 47%[15] 8%[15] 28%[15] 1%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 89%[16] 40%[16] 3%[16] 39%[16] 2%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 92%[17] 43%[17] 10%[17] 38%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 92%[18] 41%[18] 8%[18] 38%[18] 1%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[19]
Education
74% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
21% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[20] 77%[20] 1%[20] 12%[20]
2020/21 91%[21] 73%[21] 5%[21] 13%[21]
2019/20 83%[22] 70%[22] 3%[22] 9%[22]
2018/19 94%[23] 72%[23] 2%[23] 20%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
78% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
7% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
8% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 81%[26] 13%[26]
2019/20 72%[25] 8%[25] 8%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 76%[27] 6%[27] 6%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 77%[28] 16%[28] 11%[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
5 Oct 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
21 Nov 2022[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
278 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
94 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
118 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 277[30] 79[30] 104[30] 2.7[30] 0.8[30]
Entry Sept 2024 332[30] 81[30] 124[30] 2.7[30] 0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2023 280[30] 75[30] 116[30] 2.4[30] 0.6[30]
Entry Sept 2022 251[30] 53[30] 90[30] 2.8[30] 0.6[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1400[1]
Trust
EDACT[1]
Local authority
Enfield[1]
Website
http://www.leavalley.org.uk[1]
District
Enfield[31]
Postcode
EN3 6TW[1]
URN
144084[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
848 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
56.1% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
18% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
3.4% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
55% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
46.3%[33]
Mixed
11.6%[33]
Asian
4.7%[33]
Black
25.9%[33]
Any other ethnic group
10.4%[33]
Unclassified
1.2%[33]

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.
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    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.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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