Fern House School, Enfield
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Fern House School excels at creating an inclusive, welcoming community where every pupil feels safe, valued and understood. Staff build strong, nurturing relationships with pupils and provide excellent pastoral care including additional therapies like play therapy and music interventions. The school equips pupils with essential life skills for independence, including managing transport, finances and online safety, ensuring they are well-prepared for their next steps.
Key Strengths
- Strong inclusive practice with swift identification of pupil needs and collaborative work with experts
- Excellent pastoral care and positive relationships between staff and pupils, creating a safe and nurturing environment
- Comprehensive personal development programme covering life skills, finances, transport and online safety
- High staff morale with valuable professional learning opportunities
- Effective safeguarding with an open culture where concerns are actively managed
Areas for Improvement
- Inconsistent links made between reading and writing skills, limiting pupils' application of phonics to spelling
- Assessment of pupil understanding in some subjects not always precise enough to deepen knowledge
- Gaps in pupil learning caused by absence are not robustly addressed
- Range of available qualifications and certificates could be broader and more ambitious
- Some pupils could be encouraged to work more independently rather than relying on adult support
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified and managed, making pupils safer and helping them feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
School council, sustainability team, local area visits, workshops, trips, work experience, careers guidance with employer meetings (construction, army), play therapy, music interventions, speech and language therapy
Fern House School is an inclusive specialist school serving pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs and autism spectrum disorder. The school has expanded substantially and demonstrates strong leadership with a committed focus on pupil wellbeing and achievement.
At a Glance
72.2%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
2025/26 academic year
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
113%
Over capacity
79 pupils
70 capacity
9 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Enfield
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Enfield
Admissions Demand - Enfield
Places available
4,036
Applications
4,067
Got 1st preference
77.7%
Got preferred school
97.2%
Secondary admissions across Enfield (2025/26)
Inspection History(104)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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Teachers & Staff
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Pupil Absence2024/25
15.76856%
Overall absence
45.45455%
Persistent absence
77
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Fern House School
Chesterfield Primary School
Prince of Wales Primary School
Keys Meadow Primary School
Freezywater St George's CofE VA Primary School
Eastfield Primary School
Enfield Heights Academy
Honilands Primary School
Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery
Brimsdown Primary School
St James CofE Primary School
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