Winchmore School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · London, Enfield
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.733 miles
Published by Enfield Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Winchmore School is a secondary school in London, Enfield for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 June 2022. Enfield has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Winchmore School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.733 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 0.733 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 8 Enfield secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2019, staying close to the year before in every published year.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 314 first-choice applications for 240 offers: 190 offers went to first-choice families and 124 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 42% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); Attainment 8 score was 46.2 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Enfield schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Laburnum Grove, Winchmore Hill, London, N21 3HS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Enfield
- Pupils on roll
- 1,859 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 June 2022
Strengths
- “There is a strong sense of community within this school.”
- “Leaders offer their pupils a wide range of enrichment clubs and educational visits.”
- “They make sure that all pupils make the most of these opportunities.”
To improve
- “In subjects where curriculum development is more recent, this refinement has not taken place and pupils’ learning is not as strong.”
- “At times, teachers do not check that pupils understand key ideas before they move on.”
- “At times, pupils are not encouraged to discuss their learning and make wider connections between pieces of knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 42% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 314 first-preference applications, 240 offers in total, 190 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Enfield.
- The Latymer School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lift Aylward 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls 1.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Highlands School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Laurel Park School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Enfield Grammar School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Enfield County School for Girls 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- AIM Academy North London 2.0 mi Good Last distance published