Transfer to secondary school - September 2024

Places at Enfield secondary schools were allocated in line with the published admissions criteria for each school. To read the criteria, view Your guide to secondary schools in Enfield.

Accepting your offer

If you applied online and received your allocation by email, you should accept your place by 15 March 2024 using your eAdmissions account. We advise that you accept the place even if you want to pursue a different school, either through the waiting list or appeals process.

For information about oversubscribed community schools, academies and free schools, and the furthest distances we offered places, see secondary transfer 2024 allocation information (PDF, 266.02 KB).

Waiting lists

All oversubscribed Enfield schools have waiting lists. You can email the Admission Service at esas@enfield.gov.uk to get waiting list positions for the following schools:

Ark John Keats Academy
Edmonton County School
Enfield Grammar School
Highlands School
Kingsmead School
Southgate School
Winchmore School
Wren Academy Enfield

When you email, please make sure you include your child’s full name and date of birth, or their application reference number.

You will need to contact the following schools directly for information about their waiting lists:

St. Anne’s Catholic High School for Girls
St Ignatius College

The Latymer School have written directly to all families with a child on their waiting list.

If the school is outside Enfield, you will either need to contact the local authority in which the school is situated or the school directly. Information will be on the local authority’s website.

If you want your child to be considered for a school that was not one of your original preferences, or was a lower preference than the school offered, you will need to complete a ST2 form (PDF, 91.69 KB). You should email the completed form to esas@enfield.gov.uk by 15 March 2024.

Appeals

If your child was not offered a place at your preferred school, you can lodge an appeal against the decision.

Appeals for community schools are arranged by the appeal service. Academies, voluntary aided, foundation and free schools are responsible for their own appeal procedures.

For more information, see school admissions’ appeals.

Schools outside Enfield

If you’ve been unsuccessful with an application for a school outside of Enfield, you should contact the school or the borough the school is in for more information. They will be able to advise you about waiting list positions, and have information about why your application was unsuccessful. You will also be able to find information on their website.

If you have not made an application for secondary school for September 2024

If you have not yet submitted an application for your child, you can still do this. Visit eAdmissions to register and complete an online application for secondary school for September 2024. Please do this as soon as possible. Any application submitted at this stage is a late application. Late applicants will receive their outcome after the 1st round of offers and allocations, from 15 March 2024 onwards.

If you would like your application to be considered under the medical criterion, see our medical priority guidance - not all schools have this as part of their admission arrangements.

If your child has an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), the arrangements for your child’s transfer will be different. Please contact the SEN Services Team directly.

To search for primary, secondary and special needs schools in Enfield and across England, visit GOV.UK - Find and check the performance of schools and colleges in England. Here you can access Ofsted reports, information on school performance and approximate home-to-school distances. These are only a guide, as we use our own specialist systems to measure distances when allocating places in Enfield.

Frequently asked questions

View the ESAS FAQs secondary admissions 2024 (PDF, 317.09 KB) for further details about the secondary school admissions process.

Vacancies

View the secondary transfer 2024 vacancies list (PDF, 128.79 KB) of schools with possible vacancies as at 1 March 2024.