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Bishop Stopford's School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 40 39.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
39.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
32.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
5.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.54 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 36.5[6] 30.3%[6]
2023/24 36.5[4] 27%[4] -0.54[4]
2022/23 38.1[7] 34%[7] -0.12[7]
2021/22 41.7[8] 33%[8] -0.04[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
11.1% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 D+[10]
2022/23 D+[11]
2021/22 D+[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
44% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
18% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
29% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[15] 48%[15] 18%[15] 24%[15] 0%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 41%[16] 16%[16] 34%[16] 1%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 88%[17] 35%[17] 12%[17] 39%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 89%[18] 35%[18] 15%[18] 39%[18] 0%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
57% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
38% 2022/23[19]
Education
45% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[19]
Employment
12% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 66%[20] 41%[20] 51%[20] 0%[20] 15%[20]
2020/21 100%[21] 64%[21] 91%[21] 0%[21] 9%[21]
2019/20 74%[22] 26%[22] 70%[22] 0%[22] 4%[22]
2018/19 85%[23] 43%[23] 68%[23] 10%[23] 8%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
67% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
0% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
0% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 88%[26] 13%[26]
2019/20 64%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 80%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 76%[28] 16%[28] 14%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
24 Jan 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
12 Mar 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
19 Jun 2018[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
193 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
38 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
53 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 221[31] 47[31] 67[31] 3.3[31] 0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2024 245[31] 46[31] 63[31] 3.9[31] 0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2023 258[31] 52[31] 121[31] 2.1[31] 0.4[31]
Entry Sept 2022 211[31] 45[31] 98[31] 2.2[31] 0.5[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1165[1]
Local authority
Enfield[1]
Website
www.bishopstopfords.enfield.sch.uk[1]
District
Enfield[32]
Postcode
EN1 3PU[1]
URN
102052[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
612 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
44.4% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
18.6% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
3.1% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
47.4% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
27.8%[34]
Mixed
7.6%[34]
Asian
3.8%[34]
Black
49.1%[34]
Any other ethnic group
7%[34]
Unclassified
4.7%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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