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Highlands School and Sixth Form

Comprehensive

National rank

299

276

Rank last year

61.1^%

A-level

29.8^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Vincent McInerney

Attendance 94.6%

Gender of entry Mixed

Send pupils* 19.6% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,863

Pupils on free school meals 17.7%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

11.4

19.9

29.7

A*/A

31.3

A*-B

61.1

Grade

9/8

17.1

12.6

9/8/7

29.8

What the school inspection says

“Pupils are exceptionally ‘proud to be part of Highlands’. They thrive in this diverse and inclusive school, exemplifying the ‘DARE’ values of determination, aspiration, respect and equality. Pupils develop positive relationships … [and] celebrate each other’s differences ... The curriculum, including in the sixth form, is ambitious, demonstrating the school’s high expectations ... Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve highly, including in national examinations. Pupils, and students in the sixth form, secure a deep knowledge in the different subjects they learn. This is a result of the school’s highly effective and consistent approach to delivering the well-designed curriculum ... Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are well prepared for life in modern Britain … [and] the school’s vision of developing confident, autonomous individuals is fully realised.”

Inspection

2024

In detail *

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*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

Opened in 2000, the school has gained a reputation for excellence with A-level and GCSE results among the strongest in north London. It has sent students to Oxbridge for the past five years and almost all sixth-formers are accepted by their first or second-choice universities.
The school has a deaf resource base with 20 pupils. Lessons in British Sign Language are available to hearing staff and students.
Lessons finish early on Wednesday afternoons for the Ed-Extra programme for Year 7-8, when there are Stem activities, sports, creative subjects and music. The girls’ football teams regularly win at county level and the school recently started a rugby team and hired a basketball coach.
Each year the 1,600 students take “Dare” days — named for the school’s values: determination, aspiration, respect and equality. Team-building activities, gallery visits and careers coaching are on the agenda.

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admissions@highlearn.uk

Telephone

020 8370 1100

Website

highlands.enfield.sch.uk

Address

148 Worlds End Lane, Enfield, London, N21 1QQ

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