Enfield County School for GirlsHighlands School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Enfield County School for Girls and Highlands School are secondary schools.

  • Enfield County School for Girls scores 64 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Highlands School scores 75 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Highlands School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Enfield County School for Girls was judged Good and Highlands School was judged exceptional.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 52.0 for Enfield County School for Girls and 55.5 for Highlands School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Enfield County School for Girls (58.7 in 2021-22, 52.0 in 2024-25) and has risen at Highlands School (53.2 in 2021-22, 55.5 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Enfield County School for Girls versus Highlands School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure EnfieldEnfield County School for GirlsLondonHighlands SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC64/100B75/100Stronger figure
Local ranking7th of 21 in Enfield 4th of 21 in Enfield Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderGirls Mixed
Pupils on roll1,015 1,650
Capacity1,167 1,589
LocationEnfield, EN2 6QG London, N21 1QQ
GCSE results
Attainment 852.0 55.5 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths53.7% 64.7% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths78.5% 79.6% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc90.4% Stronger figure88.1% 40.5%
EBacc average point score4.99 5.33 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort177 235
A-level results
A-level entries62 149
A-level average points32.2 36.9 Stronger figure35.0
A-level average gradeC+ B-
Best 3 A-levels points32.8 36.7 Stronger figure35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects8.0% 10.2% Stronger figure17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,015 1,650
Free school meals (ever 6)35.4% 17.7%
English as an additional language47.4% 13.9%
SEN support13.6% 10.5%
SEN with an EHC plan1.2% 4.2%
Attendance
Overall absence8.6% 5.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence31.8% 13.0% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Enfield County School for Girls

Highlands School

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