Winchmore School

Winchmore School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. The school fosters a strong sense of community and offers a broad range of enrichment opportunities, which support student engagement and development. The leadership demonstrates a commitment to ensuring that all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), have access to appropriate support and resources to succeed academically. The sixth form is particularly dynamic, providing vital links to future career and educational opportunities. However, there are areas where the school can improve, particularly in the implementation of newly introduced curriculum subjects and the assessment methods used across various subjects.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community within the school.
• Wide range of enrichment clubs and educational visits offered.
• Pupils are supported well in their academic and personal development.
• High expectations for pupil behaviour with a focus on kindness.
• Expert subject knowledge displayed by teachers.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Thriving sixth form community with good employer and higher education connections.

Areas for Improvement

• Some newly introduced subjects are not firmly embedded.
• Inconsistent use of assessment to support pupil learning.
• Limited encouragement for pupils to engage in reflective discussions about their learning.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Winchmore School attended 92.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 22.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 5.4% of pupils at Winchmore School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Winchmore School had 16.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 8.0% of pupils at Winchmore School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Winchmore School received £8,190 and spent £8,233 for each of its 1,860 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £156,000 (£84 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Winchmore School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Winchmore School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Winchmore School last inspected by Ofsted?

Winchmore School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Winchmore School have?

Winchmore School has 1,859 pupils on roll.

What age range does Winchmore School cover?

Winchmore School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Winchmore School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 48.5, and 45% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Winchmore School?

Winchmore School is at Laburnum Grove, Winchmore Hill, London, N21 3HS.