AIM Academy North London
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 630 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.3
Foundation school
Laurel Park School
- Pupils on roll
- 607of 800 places
- Free school meals
- 41.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 114
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 26 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 158 pupils who finished Year 11 at Laurel Park School in 2023, 26% stayed on in Laurel Park School’s own sixth form (Enfield average 57%), 47% went to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 36.8 against 46.1 across England and 46.3 in Enfield, with 29% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 20% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 1% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Enfield and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Laurel Park School | Enfield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 158 | 3,871 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 26% | 57% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 18% | 8% | 13% |
| — further education college | 47% | 25% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | — | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 3% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Laurel Park School | Enfield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 36.8 | 46.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 38% | 59% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.25 | 4.27 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 45% | 34% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.5 | 37.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 41.1 | 50.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 48% | 44% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 114 | 100% | 89% | 7% | 20% | 52% |
| Mathematics | 114 | 100% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 52% |
| English Literature | 113 | 99% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 54% |
| Combined Science | 89 | 78% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 26% |
| Geography | 76 | 67% | 41% | 7% | 25% | 37% |
| Business Studies | 42 | 37% | 18% | 2% | 20% | 60% |
| History | 33 | 29% | 41% | 6% | 26% | 45% |
| Media Studies | 23 | 20% | 4% | 4% | 20% | 52% |
| Computer Science | 23 | 20% | 13% | 17% | 30% | 61% |
| Chemistry | 23 | 20% | 23% | 17% | 47% | 91% |
| Biology | 23 | 20% | 23% | 26% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 23 | 20% | 23% | 22% | 46% | 91% |
| Spanish | 21 | 18% | 19% | 19% | 27% | 43% |
| Drama | 19 | 17% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 53% |
| Turkish | 18 | 16% | 0% | 72% | 71% | 94% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 17 | 15% | 8% | 6% | 21% | 41% |
| Art and Design | 16 | 14% | 7% | 6% | 24% | 56% |
| Film Studies | 15 | 13% | 1% | 7% | 20% | 47% |
| Graphic Communication | 14 | 12% | 1% | 14% | 23% | 86% |
| Modern Greek | 5 | 4% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
| Arabic | 4 | 4% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Portuguese | 3 | 3% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| French | 2 | 2% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 45 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 22 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 8 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Enfield
Ark John Keats Academy
Free schools · sixth form · 1,732 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.1
Bishop Stopford's School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 554 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.5
Chace Community School
Community school · sixth form · 880 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.1
Edmonton County School
Academy converter · sixth form · 2,091 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.0
Enfield County School for Girls
Community school · sixth form · 999 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.0
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.