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Fern House School

Mixed · ages 5–16Enfield, London · Enfield EN3 6NYTrust: Connect Education TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
79of 70 places
Free school meals
72.2%
Year 11 cohort 2025
10
Ofsted
Report card, 28 April 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Aylands School (URN 102068, until 1 November 2017).

What the data says

Of the 10 pupils who finished Year 11 at Fern House School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 40% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 1.0 against 46.1 across England and 46.3 in Enfield, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none 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.

Fern House School
Enfield
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureFern House SchoolEnfieldEngland
Pupils in the cohort103,871607,348
Any sustained destination80%94%92%
Stayed in education80%92%86%
— school sixth form0%57%34%
— sixth form college0%8%13%
— further education college40%25%37%
— other education40%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%1%3%
Employment0%3%
No sustained destination0%3%6%
Destination unknown20%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureFern House SchoolEnfieldEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)1.046.346.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%46%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%65%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%59%41%
EBacc average point score0.004.274.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort60%34%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils37.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils50.850.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language0%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language330%89%20%

Other secondary schools in Enfield

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

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.