Southgate School
Sussex Way, Cockfosters, Barnet, EN4 0BL
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- MIDDLESEX LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Samson Olusanya
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Southgate and Wood Green
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,531
- Pupils on roll
- 1,447
- URN
- 142727
- Local authority
- Enfield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02084499583
About this school
Southgate School is a secondary academy in Barnet. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,447 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Southgate School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found the school has improved significantly.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 246 | 234 | 236 |
| Attainment 8 score | 54.4 | 54.5 | 51.1 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.48 +0.30 to +0.66 | +0.37 +0.18 to +0.55 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% | 65.8% | 52.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 80% | 82.9% | 72% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 25% | 29.9% | 36% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
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 Southgate School 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 | 54.4 | 42.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 54.5 | 40.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 51.1 | 37.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,451 |
| 2023/24 | 1,455 |
| 2024/25 | 1,410 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Southgate School compares
Southgate School ranked 7th of 21 secondary schools in Enfield for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 79% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51.1 | 8.4% | 24.5% | 1,447 | — |
| East Barnet School | 53 | 7.9% | 22.6% | 1,448 | 0.6 miles |
| Ashmole Academy | 59.9 | 5.5% | 13.6% | 1,767 | 1.2 miles |
| JCoSS | 60.9 | 8.1% | 5% | 1,356 | 1.4 miles |
| Highlands School | 55.6 | 5.8% | 17.7% | 1,694 | 1.4 miles |
| St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School | 51.6 | 7.6% | 30.7% | 554 | 1.6 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.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report2 April 2025
- 16 October 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.53%
- English as an additional language
- 36.9%
- Overall absence
- 8.35%
- Persistent absence
- 28.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
East Barnet School0.6 miles
Secondary · Barnet
-
Ashmole Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · London
-
JCoSS1.4 miles
Secondary · New Barnet
-
Highlands School1.4 miles
Secondary · London
-
St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School1.6 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in Barnet
Southgate School ranks 5th of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Barnet.
- Ark Pioneer Academy Secondary
- East Barnet School Secondary
- Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School Secondary
- Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet Secondary
- Brookhill Nursery School Nursery
- St Margaret's Nursery School Nursery
- Christ Church Primary School Primary
- Church Hill School Primary
- Cromer Road Primary School Primary
- Danegrove Primary School Primary
- Foulds School Primary
- Hadley Wood Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Southgate School teach?
- Southgate School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Barnet.
- Who is the headteacher of Southgate School?
- The headteacher of Southgate School is Samson Olusanya, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Southgate School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Southgate School, 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 Southgate School?
- Southgate School has 1,447 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Southgate School full?
- Southgate School has capacity for 1,531 pupils and 1,447 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Southgate School a faith school?
- No. Southgate School has no designated religious character.
- Is Southgate School a selective school?
- No. Southgate School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Southgate School part of an academy trust?
- Southgate School is part of MIDDLESEX LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Southgate School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 54.4 in 2022/23 and 51.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Southgate School compare with other schools in Enfield?
- Southgate School ranked 7th of 21 secondary schools in Enfield for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 79% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Southgate School's absence rate?
- Southgate School's overall absence rate is 8.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Southgate School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Southgate School'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 2 July 2026.