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Bishop Stopford's School

URN
102052
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Bishop Stopford's School
URN
102052
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

50 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

37

Inspection

55

Admissions Value

36

Destinations

58

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

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School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
12 March 2024
Inspection date
25 January 2024
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 12 March 2024

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

67

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

221

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

59

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3.3×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Enfield
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Enfield)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.bishopstopfords.enfield.sch.uk

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Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

36.5

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

30.3%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

47.1%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

10.1%

EBacc achievement

Location

EN1 3PU - Brick Lane, Enfield, Middlesex

Contact details

Address
Brick Lane, Enfield, Middlesex
Postcode
EN1 3PU
Phone
2088041906
Website
www.bishopstopfords.enfield.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Enfield
Local authority code
308

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 192 schools in Enfield.

Authority statistics

Total schools

192

Open schools

108

Closed schools

84

Primary schools

117

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    12 March 202425 January 2024-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 12 March 2024
    • School remains Good

      Published
      12 March 2024
      Inspected
      25 January 2024
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    26.7%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 47

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    0.8%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Well below average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    23.2

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.67

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    11.1%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    91.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    2.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    3.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    28

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary117 (60.9%)
    • Secondary28 (14.6%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other47 (24.5%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Suffolks Primary School56 mPrimaryOpen
    Carterhatch Junior School419 mPrimaryOpen
    Carterhatch Junior School419 mPrimaryClosed
    Carterhatch Infant School419 mPrimaryOpen
    Russet House School590 mNot applicableOpen
    St James CofE Primary School594 mPrimaryOpen
    Applied Educational Solutions626 mNot applicableClosed
    Enfield College738 m16 plusClosed
    Durants School848 mNot applicableOpen
    Kingsmead School856 mSecondaryOpen
    • Suffolks Primary School
      Distance
      56 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Carterhatch Junior School
      Distance
      419 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Carterhatch Junior School
      Distance
      419 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Carterhatch Infant School
      Distance
      419 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

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    Enfield County School for GirlsSecondaryEN2 6QGOpen
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      Postcode
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    • Enfield Grammar School
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    Distance
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    Phase
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    Status
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  • St James CofE Primary School
    Distance
    594 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Applied Educational Solutions
    Distance
    626 m
    Phase
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    Status
    Closed
  • Enfield College
    Distance
    738 m
    Phase
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    Status
    Closed
  • Durants School
    Distance
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    Phase
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  • Kingsmead School
    Distance
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  • Phase
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    Postcode
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    Status
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