Enfield County School for Girls
Holly Walk, Enfield, EN2 6QG
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Headteacher
- Ms Jennifer Gumbrell
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Enfield North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,167
- Pupils on roll
- 999
- URN
- 102048
- Local authority
- Enfield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02083633030
About this school
Enfield County School for Girls is a girls' community secondary school in Enfield. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 999 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Enfield County School for Girls, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 174 | 181 | 177 |
| Attainment 8 score | 55.2 | 53.0 | 52.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.54 +0.32 to +0.75 | +0.38 +0.17 to +0.59 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 64% | 60.2% | 53.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 84% | 79% | 78.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 95% | 93.4% | 90.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Enfield County School for Girls has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Enfield average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55.2 | 42.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 53 | 40.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 52 | 37.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,103 |
| 2023/24 | 1,064 |
| 2024/25 | 1,015 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Enfield County School for Girls compares
Enfield County School for Girls ranked 6th of 21 secondary schools in Enfield for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 81% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52 | 8.7% | 35.4% | 999 | — |
| Enfield Grammar School | 49 | 7.2% | 30.9% | 1,004 | 0.1 miles |
| Chace Community School | 42.1 | 8.7% | 42.9% | 880 | 0.5 miles |
| Kingsmead School | 48.8 | 8.5% | 40.1% | 1,484 | 1.0 miles |
| Wren Academy Enfield | 58.3 | 6.4% | 11.3% | 1,024 | 1.1 miles |
| Highlands School | 55.6 | 5.8% | 17.7% | 1,694 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.38%
- English as an additional language
- 47.4%
- Overall absence
- 8.65%
- Persistent absence
- 31.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Enfield Grammar School0.1 miles
Secondary · Enfield
-
Chace Community School0.5 miles
Secondary · Enfield
-
Kingsmead School1.0 miles
Secondary · Enfield
-
Wren Academy Enfield1.1 miles
Secondary · Enfield
-
Highlands School1.1 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in Enfield
Enfield County School for Girls ranks 3rd of the 11 ranked secondary schools in Enfield.
- Bishop Stopford's School Secondary
- Chace Community School Secondary
- Enfield Grammar School Secondary
- Heron Hall Academy Secondary
- Kingsmead School Secondary
- Oasis Academy Enfield Secondary
- St Ignatius College Secondary
- The Lea Valley Academy Secondary
- Wren Academy Enfield Secondary
- Alma Primary School Primary
- Brimsdown Primary School Primary
- Bush Hill Park Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Enfield County School for Girls teach?
- Enfield County School for Girls teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Enfield.
- Who is the headteacher of Enfield County School for Girls?
- The headteacher of Enfield County School for Girls is Ms Jennifer Gumbrell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Enfield County School for Girls been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Enfield County School for Girls, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Enfield County School for Girls?
- Enfield County School for Girls has 999 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Enfield County School for Girls full?
- Enfield County School for Girls has capacity for 1,167 pupils and 999 on roll (86%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Enfield County School for Girls a faith school?
- No. Enfield County School for Girls has no designated religious character.
- Is Enfield County School for Girls a selective school?
- No. Enfield County School for Girls is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Enfield County School for Girls's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 55.2 in 2022/23 and 52 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Enfield County School for Girls compare with other schools in Enfield?
- Enfield County School for Girls ranked 6th of 21 secondary schools in Enfield for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 81% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Enfield County School for Girls's absence rate?
- Enfield County School for Girls's overall absence rate is 8.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Enfield County School for Girls's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Enfield County School for Girls's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.