Southgate School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Barnet, Enfield
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.943 miles
Published by Enfield Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Southgate School is a secondary school in Barnet, Enfield for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 2 April 2025. Enfield has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Southgate 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 | 2.943 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 Year 7 2026 the last child offered a place lived 2.943 miles away, the 2nd longest of 8 Enfield secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 105 first-choice applications for 240 offers, 0.4 first choices per offer, the lowest of 18 Enfield secondary schools.
- In Year 7 2026, 95 offers went to first-choice families and 145 to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 52% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), 5th highest 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
- Sussex Way, Cockfosters, Barnet, EN4 0BL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Enfield
- Pupils on roll
- 1,447 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 2 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at Southgate School are happy, and they enjoy their learning.”
- “They like spending time with their friends, and there are strong working relationships between pupils and staff.”
- “They know that staff in the ‘Student Support Centre’ and the ‘Be Well Zones’ are there to help them if they need it.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 2025 (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) | 52% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.1 | 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: 105 first-preference applications, 240 offers in total, 95 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.
- Highlands School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wren Academy Enfield 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Laurel Park School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Winchmore School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Enfield County School for Girls 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Enfield Grammar School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls 2.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Chace Community School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published