Heron Hall Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–19 · Enfield
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Enfield Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Heron Hall Academy is a secondary school in Enfield for ages 11–19 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 9 October 2024. Enfield has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Heron Hall Academy 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- 55.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 41.3% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Enfield.
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out in 5 of the 7 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 drew 153 first-choice applications for 183 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 30 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 31% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Enfield.
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
- Queensway, Ponders End, Enfield, EN3 4SA
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Enfield
- Pupils on roll
- 1,161 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 9 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils value the diversity celebrated at Heron Hall.”
- “All pupils, and students in the sixth form, are welcomed to this highly inclusive community, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Pupils are safe and know that they can speak with staff about any worries they may have.”
To improve
- “Leaders have rightly identified that in a small number of subjects, teaching does not consistently focus on the most important ideas.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not build the knowledge and understanding that they need in these subjects to tackle more challenging ideas.”
- “At times, including when pupils move between lessons, behaviour around the school is less well managed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 November 2024 (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) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.7 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | 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: 153 first-preference applications, 183 offers in total, 153 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.
- Kingsmead School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bishop Stopford's School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- AIM Academy North London 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Enfield Grammar School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chace Community School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Enfield County School for Girls 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Latymer School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Ignatius College 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published