Admission to secondary school 2025
If your child is in year six of primary school in September 2024, you will need to apply for them to start their secondary education for September 2025. You can register and apply online at eAdmissions. Online admissions open on 1 September 2024. The application deadline is 31 October 2024. Applications can be made after this date but will be treated as late applications. You can view guidance in our step-by-step guide to applying online (PDF, 292.84 KB).
Places at all Enfield secondary schools will be allocated in line with the published admissions arrangements, which can be found in our guide to secondary schools booklet (PDF, 4630.35 KB).
Secondary school open evening dates
Schools will be holding open evenings (PDF, 1125.98 KB) for parents and carers to visit in September and October 2024. Check the websites of schools you are interested in for further details.
For information about the breakdown of allocations at Enfield Schools for children starting in Year 7 for the previous 4 years, view our Secondary transfer previous allocations breakdown leaflet (PDF, 278.03 KB).
Secondary transition event
Find out about our transition to secondary school event (PDF, 955.38 KB) for parents, carers and students.
If you would like your application to be considered under the medical criterion, see our medical priority guidance. Please note that 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. The SEN Service team will contact you directly to explain the process further.
You can search for primary, secondary and special needs schools in Enfield and across England by visiting GOV.UK - compare 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.