Foundation special school

West Lea School

Mixed · ages 4–19 · with sixth formEnfield, London · London N9 9TUTrust: Enterprise Cooperative TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
512of 430 places
Free school meals
55.8%
Year 11 cohort 2025
44
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding, 11 May 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 50 pupils who finished Year 11 at West Lea School in 2023, 0% stayed on in West Lea School’s own sixth form (Enfield average 57%), 20% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

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.

West Lea School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 0.5, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.

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.

West Lea School
Enfield
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureWest Lea SchoolEnfieldEngland
Pupils in the cohort503,871607,348
Any sustained destination98%94%92%
Stayed in education98%92%86%
— school sixth form0%57%34%
— sixth form college0%8%13%
— further education college20%25%37%
— other education78%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%1%3%
Employment0%3%
No sustained destination0%3%6%
Destination unknown2%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

MeasureWest Lea SchoolEnfieldEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)0.546.346.1
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 cohort55%34%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils0.437.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils0.650.850.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language32%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 Language614%89%0%20%50%

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.