Fern House School[1]
Special · ages 5–16
Headline results
Special schools' results are not shown as headlines: they are not comparable with mainstream schools'.
Results
Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 2 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 0% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 0% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[3]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[3]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 1[4] | 0%[4] |
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 0% 2024/25[5]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 0% 2024/25[5]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 100 2024/25[5]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 96 2024/25[5]
- All results, 2021/22
- Not published[6]
- All results, 2020/21
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[6]
- All results, 2019/20
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[6]
| Year | Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) | Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) | Reading, average scaled score | Maths, average scaled score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 0%[7] | 0%[7] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 80% 2022/23[8]
- School sixth form
- 0% 2022/23[8]
- Sixth-form college
- 0% 2022/23[8]
- Further education college
- 40% 2022/23[8]
- Apprenticeship
- 0% 2022/23[8]
- Employment
- 0% 2022/23[8]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 50%[9] | 0%[9] | 0%[9] | 38%[9] | 0%[9] | 0%[9] |
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 Apr 2026[10]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[10]
- Report published
- 14 Jun 2026[10]
- Inclusion
- Strong standard[10]
- Achievement
- Expected standard[10]
- Safeguarding standards
- Met[10]
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard[10]
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard[10]
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard[10]
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard[10]
Competition to get in
No published data for this school.
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy special sponsor led[1]
- Ages
- 5–16[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 70[1]
- Trust
- CONNECT EDUCATION TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Enfield[1]
- Website
- https://www.fernhouseschool.org[1]
- District
- Enfield[13]
- Postcode
- EN3 6NY[1]
- URN
- 145232[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 72 2024/25[14]
- English as an additional language
- 12.5% 2024/25[14]
- SEN support
- 2.8% 2024/25[14]
- EHC plan
- 97.2% 2024/25[14]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 76.4% 2024/25[14]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 51.9%[15]
- Mixed
- 22.8%[15]
- Asian
- 0%[15]
- Black
- 19%[15]
- Any other ethnic group
- 2.5%[15]
- Unclassified
- 3.8%[15]
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
- 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.
- 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.
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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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (2)
We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.