St Ignatius College, Enfield

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From the headteacher's welcome: "First and foremost, our goal is academic excellence and intellectual formation. We believe that with the right support, all students can achieve and they do. We are all boys at KS3 and KS4 and our boys achieve exceptionally well, significantly better than boys locally or nationally."

In 2026, pupils at St Ignatius College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 57.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Enfield and 47 across England.

69% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Enfield and 47% in England.

That is up from 54.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.85: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 49.5, against 60.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 156 families put St Ignatius College as their first choice and 386 named it as one of their preferences, for 185 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 3 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Ignatius College are The Lea Valley Academy (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 34.4); Ark John Keats Academy (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.4); Bishop Stopford's School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.6); and Chace Community School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.5).

St Ignatius College's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

145 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Ignatius College (as of September 2025): 95% would recommend the school, 93% say their child is happy there and 68% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (97%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (68%).

Of the 172 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 23% to a further education college and 2% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 121 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 84% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 5% into work. 22% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

33.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (46%), Mixed (14%) and Asian (10%).

In 2026, 95 pupils (9.8%) received SEN support and 52 (5.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

St Ignatius College has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 10 places, 4 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Turkey Street Rail Station, about 590 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Turkey Street Station / Great Cambridge Road, 170 metres away.

In 2024/25, St Ignatius College issued 205 suspensions, 20.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to St Ignatius College are Forty Hill CofE Primary School (0.3 miles), Capel Manor Primary School (0.4 miles), Honilands Primary School (0.4 miles) and Worcesters Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.