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Fern House School

Keswick Drive, Enfield, EN3 6NY

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Good

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance87.5%
AttainmentAttainment 8: 1
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils39

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Latest visit (Jun 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — curriculum and teaching, achievement, attendance and behaviour and personal development and wellbeing expected standard; inclusion and leadership and governance strong standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

Improved from Inadequate (8 Mar 2017).

  1. Previous gradedInadequate

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in EN3. Where we have them, council (Enfield) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
39
Free school meals
53.8%
8.4% above district average (45.4%)

Also: Enfield 58.7% · England 49.2%

SEN
100%
66.8% above district average (33.2%)

Also: Enfield 100% · England 99.9%

EAL
12.5%
41.8% below district average (54.3%)
Attendance
87.5%
5.6% below district average (93.1%)

Also: Enfield 87.2% · England 87.2%

Persistent absence
45.5%
Attainment
Attainment 8: 1

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the EN3 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2152.8%
  • 2021/2277.3%
  • 2022/2377.2%
  • 2023/2477%
  • 2024/2583.1%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
70
Pupils on roll
39

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Enfield page.

SEN support

SEN %
100%
On-site provision
Special classes · SEMH
Need types
SEMH

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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  • Methodology · Data updates