Salmons Brook School
Bell Lane, Enfield, EN3 5PB
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- EDACT
- Headteacher
- Miss Kimberley Matthews
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Enfield North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 70
- Pupils on roll
- 66
- URN
- 149100
- Local authority
- Enfield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02030895900
About this school
Salmons Brook School is a special academy in Enfield. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 66 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Salmons Brook School, 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 12 | 11 |
| Attainment 8 score | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -2.47 -3.30 to -1.63 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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 Salmons Brook 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 | — | 42.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 0.4 | 40.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 37.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 32.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 23.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 32 |
| 2023/24 | 44 |
| 2024/25 | 63 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 78.43%
- English as an additional language
- 17.5%
- Overall absence
- 23.33%
- Persistent absence
- 63.64%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Fern House School0.4 miles
Academies · Enfield
-
Durants School0.5 miles
Special schools · Enfield
-
Freshsteps Independent school0.8 miles
Independent schools · Brimsdown
-
Russet House School0.9 miles
Special schools · Enfield
-
Waverley School1.0 miles
Special schools · Enfield
Other schools in Enfield
- Durants School Special schools
- Fern House School Academies
- Orchardside School Local authority maintained schools
- Russet House School Special schools
- Waverley School Special schools
- Alma Primary School Primary
- Brimsdown Primary School Primary
- Bush Hill Park Primary School Primary
- Capel Manor Primary School Primary
- Carterhatch Infant School Primary
- Carterhatch Junior School Primary
- Chase Side Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Salmons Brook School teach?
- Salmons Brook School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Enfield.
- Who is the headteacher of Salmons Brook School?
- The headteacher of Salmons Brook School is Miss Kimberley Matthews, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Salmons Brook School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Salmons Brook 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 Salmons Brook School?
- Salmons Brook School has 66 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Salmons Brook School full?
- Salmons Brook School has capacity for 70 pupils and 66 on roll (94%), 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 Salmons Brook School a faith school?
- No. Salmons Brook School has no designated religious character.
- Is Salmons Brook School a selective school?
- No. Salmons Brook School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Salmons Brook School part of an academy trust?
- Salmons Brook School is part of EDACT. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Salmons Brook School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 0.4 in 2023/24 and 1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Salmons Brook School's absence rate?
- Salmons Brook School's overall absence rate is 23.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Salmons Brook School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Salmons Brook 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 10 July 2026.