Heron Hall Academy

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry

D+

Average points per entry

24.1

England average 32.3

A level students

37

Pupils

Pupils on roll

1161

Places

1400

How full

83% full — 1161 of 1400 places taken

Girls / boys

563 / 598

Overall absence

8%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

25%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

49%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

60%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

6%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

10%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

93%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

92%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

62%

No sustained destination

2%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

212

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Enfield 012D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

28%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

31%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

27%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

24%

England 17%

Households with no car

44%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

46%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Free schools

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 11–19

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Trust

NORTH STAR COMMUNITY TRUST LTD

Headteacher

Headteacher: David Maytham

Local authority

Enfield

Ward

Ponders End

Constituency

Enfield North

URN

139599

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.