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Southgate School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 54 54.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
54.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
61.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
22.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.37 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 51.1[6] 52.1%[6]
2023/24 54.5[4] 65.8%[4] +0.37[4]
2022/23 54.4[7] 59%[7] +0.48[7]
2021/22 54.9[8] 58%[8] +0.49[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13.3% 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 C+[10] 20.7%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 9.7%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 17.3%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 9.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
62% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
4% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
28% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 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 98%[15] 62%[15] 5%[15] 30%[15] 1%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 58%[16] 11%[16] 24%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 66%[17] 4%[17] 23%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 55%[18] 9%[18] 27%[18] 2%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
68% 2022/23[19]
Education
71% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
11% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 75%[20] 77%[20] 4%[20] 10%[20]
2020/21 85%[21] 73%[21] 74%[21] 2%[21] 10%[21]
2019/20 90%[22] 76%[22] 81%[22] 2%[22] 7%[22]
2018/19 91%[23] 67%[23] 73%[23] 2%[23] 16%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
83% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
27% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
15% 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] 35%[26]
2019/20 87%[25] 23%[25] 15%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 73%[27] 23%[27] 20%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 84%[28] 21%[28] 17%[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
1 Apr 2025[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
11 May 2025[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Improved significantly[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
16 Oct 2019[30] Exempt School Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
1153 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
105 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
240 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1173[31] 102[31] 239[31] 4.9[31] 0.4[31]
Entry Sept 2024 1276[31] 139[31] 240[31] 5.3[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2023 1368[31] 145[31] 237[31] 5.8[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2022 1295[31] 148[31] 248[31] 5.2[31] 0.6[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1531[1]
Trust
MIDDLESEX LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Enfield[1]
Website
http://www.southgate.enfield.sch.uk/[1]
District
Enfield[32]
Postcode
EN4 0BL[1]
URN
142727[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1410 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
36.9% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
7.1% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
1.9% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
24.5% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
54.7%[34]
Mixed
13.8%[34]
Asian
7.3%[34]
Black
7.5%[34]
Any other ethnic group
7.8%[34]
Unclassified
8.9%[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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