West Lea School
Enfield, N9 9TU · Enfield local authority
Enfield’s School Grade A− better than 75% of towns in England
What stands out about West Lea School
- No letter for this school: the reason is below.
- Over capacity: 512 pupils for 430 places
- 56% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Outstanding, May 2023 (shown, not graded)
- Homes in its postcode sector (N9 9) sold for a median £428,433; Enfield’s is £470,000
Results
DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 53 pupilsEach bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools West Lea beats are shaded green.
Attainment 8 0.8
Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Enfield avg 47.5
Grade 5+ in English and maths 2%
A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Enfield avg 47%
Attainment 8, three years
The mark is England’s average that year
Progress 8, 2023/24
-1.93: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025/26
Attainment 8 for the 31 pupils DfE counts as disadvantaged (free school meals in the last 6 years, or looked after) and the rest, beside England’s schools
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025505 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
No letter for West Lea School
Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.
Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding, May 2023.
Living near West Lea School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in N9 9, the school’s postcode sector
Enfield property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in N9 9 sell for a little under Enfield’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
40 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Enfield, N9 9TU
West Lea School: common questions
What is West Lea School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (May 2023).
How much do houses cost near West Lea School?
Homes in its postcode sector, N9 9, sold for a median £428,433 over the 36 months to August 2026 (258 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Enfield’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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