Wren Academy Enfield[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 56 55.9 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 55.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 72.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 22.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[3]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25	58.3[4]	69.7%[4]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 1 Nov 2022[5]
Type: S5 Inspection[5]
Report published: 5 Jul 2023[5]
Personal development: Good[5]
Quality of education: Good[5]
Overall effectiveness: Good[5]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[5]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[5]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[5]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 5.1 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Applications (any preference): 930 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences: 300 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Places offered: 181 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences per place: 1.7 Entry Sept 2026[6]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	872[6]	248[6]	179[6]	4.9[6]	1.4[6]
Entry Sept 2024	904[6]	274[6]	182[6]	5.0[6]	1.5[6]
Entry Sept 2023	929[6]	299[6]	181[6]	5.1[6]	1.7[6]
Entry Sept 2022	1057[6]	348[6]	182[6]	5.8[6]	1.9[6]

Furthest distance offered (Other christian demolitions)

By entry year
Entry	Furthest distance
Entry Sept 2026	1.252 miles[7]
Entry Sept 2024	1.516 miles[8]
Entry Sept 2023	1.421 miles[9]

Furthest distance offered (Community places)

By entry year
Entry	Furthest distance
Entry Sept 2025	0.757 miles[7]
Entry Sept 2023	0.616 miles[8]
Entry Sept 2023	0.616 miles[7]
Entry Sept 2021	0.902 miles[8]

Furthest distance offered (Community)

By entry year
Entry	Furthest distance
Entry Sept 2022	0.567 miles[8]

Character & practicalities

Type: Free schools[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Church of England[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1220[1]
Trust: WREN ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority: Enfield[1]
Website: https://www.wrenacademyenfield.org/[1]
District: Enfield [10]
Postcode: EN2 8GH[1]
URN: 143924[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 918 2024/25[11]
English as an additional language: 12.5% 2024/25[11]
SEN support: 9% 2024/25[11]
EHC plan: 4% 2024/25[11]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 11.3% 2024/25[11]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 71.3%[12]
Mixed: 13%[12]
Asian: 3.5%[12]
Black: 9%[12]
Any other ethnic group: 2.6%[12]
Unclassified: 0.6%[12]

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.

In the inspectors' and the school's words

Academic: Leaders have high aspirations for pupils.[13]
Warmth: Pupils at Wren Academy Enfield are polite and respectful.[13]
Behaviour: This is a calm and orderly school. They behave very well.[13]
Learning support: Leaders identify the needs of pupils with SEND with speed and accuracy. Pupils with SEND complete the same work as other pupils. They achieve well.[13]
Enrichment: All pupils take enrichment classes in at least two activities each year. These activities include Mandarin, knitting, chess and computer coding.[13]
Pupil voice: Some pupils are curriculum advisers to teams of teachers. Others are members of the student council.[13]
Structure: They do not tolerate poor behaviour or any form of discrimination. Pupils are clear about the standards of behaviour expected of them.[13]

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
enfield.gov.uk: enfield.gov.uk — Secondary transfer previous allocation breakdown Education (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Wren Academy Enfield: Community places: 44 - furthest distance: 0.733 miles; (p. 2)
1. Church of England: 27 - furthest distance: 1.333 miles; (p. 2)
2. Other christian demolitions: 18 - furthest distance: 1.252 miles (p. 2)
Wren Academy Enfield: Community places: 54 - furthest distance: 0.757 miles; (p. 3)
Wren Academy Enfield: Community places: 53 - furthest distance: 0.616 miles; Foundation: 54 divided between the two criterion: 1. Church of England: 32 - furthest distance: 1.779 miles; 2. Other christian demolitions: 22 - furthest distance: 1.421 miles Enfield Schools 2023 (p. 5)
web.archive.org: web.archive.org — Secondary transfer allocation breakdown Education (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
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Wren Academy Enfield: Community places: 61 - furthest distance: 0.649 miles; (p. 2)
1. Church of England: 36 - furthest distance: 1.903 miles; (p. 2)
2. Other christian demolitions: 24 - furthest distance: 1.516 miles (p. 2)
Wren Academy Enfield: Community places: 53 - furthest distance: 0.616 miles; (p. 3)
Wren Academy Enfield: Community places: 86 - furthest distance: 0.902 miles; Foundation: 86 divided between the two criterion: 1. Church of England: 46 demand met; 2. Church other: 40 - furthest distance: 2.355 miles (p. 5)
Wren Academy Enfield: Community places: 66 - furthest distance: 0.567 miles; (p. 4)
enfield.gov.uk: enfield.gov.uk — Transfer to secondary 2023 and allocation information Education (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Wren Academy Enfield - A PAN 184 Allocations EHCP/LAC/MED - 9 Siblings - 68 Community places - 53 - furthest dist - 0.616 miles (p. 4)
1. Church of England - 32 - furthest dist - 1.779 miles (p. 4)
2. Other christian demolitions- 22 - furthest dist - 1.421 miles (p. 4)
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
files.ofsted.gov.uk: files.ofsted.gov.uk document. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (10)
Pupils at Wren Academy Enfield are polite and respectful (p. 2)
Leaders have high aspirations for pupils (p. 2)
This is a calm and orderly school (p. 2)
They behave very well (p. 2)
They do not tolerate poor behaviour or any form of discrimination (p. 2)
Pupils are clear about the standards of behaviour expected of them (p. 2)
All pupils take enrichment classes in at least two activities each year. These activities include Mandarin, knitting, chess and computer coding (p. 2)
Some pupils are curriculum advisers to teams of teachers. Others are members of the student council (p. 2)
Leaders identify the needs of pupils with SEND with speed and accuracy (p. 3)
Pupils with SEND complete the same work as other pupils. They achieve well (p. 3)