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The Lea Valley Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield EN3 6TW · leavalley.org.uk · 01992 763666

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
33.3
average Attainment 8 score. Enfield 46.2, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Enfield Council
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
830
59% of 1,400 places
Local authority
Enfield
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
54.3%
First language not English
56.5%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Edact

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Enfield Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 94 families put the school first and 118 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 53 (Places 90)53September 2023: 75 (Places 116)75September 2024: 81 (Places 124)81September 2025: 79 (Places 104)79September 2026: 94 (Places 118)94Places 118
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026118940.8100%
September 2025Sept 2025104790.8100%
September 2024Sept 2024124810.7100%
September 2023Sept 2023116750.6100%
September 2022Sept 202290530.6100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 33.3, and 20.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Enfield it was 46.2, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (25.3 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 38.9 (England 46.3)38.92017/18: 38.0 (England 46.5)38.02018/19: 37.1 (England 46.7)37.12021/22: 34.6 (England 48.8)34.62022/23: 36.9 (England 46.3)36.92023/24: 33.1 (England 45.9)33.12024/25: 33.3 (England 46.0)33.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼33.346.0
▼20.4%45.4%
▼45.1%64.8%
▼19.0%40.5%
▼2.874.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 102050)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form56.1+9.2
Sixth form college1.2−6.8
Further education29.3+0.9
Other education1.20
Apprenticeship1.2+0.6
Not in a lasting destination3.7−3.7
Activity not captured7.3+2.4

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 27.3 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 20.5 (England 31.1)D2017/18: 23.3 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 21.6 (England 32.9)D2021/22: 28.3 (England 37.9)C-2022/23: 29.8 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 26.3 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 25.3 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
32 studentsC- (25.3)Average -0.13
32 studentsC- (25.2)Average -0.14
38 studentsMerit+ (27.5)Average -0.13
0%AAB or better
95.2%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2432C- (26.3)+0.11
2022/2322C (29.8)—
2021/2216C- (28.3)—
2018/1944D (21.6)-0.39
2017/1859D+ (23.3)-0.55
2016/1761D (20.5)-0.36
2015/1660C- (27.3)+0.15

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University66.7+7.3
Further and other education5.1−12.3
Further education3.8−12.1
Other education1.3−0.1
Apprenticeship1.3−0.1
Employment12.8+1.2
Not in a lasting destination7.7+0.5
Activity not captured6.4+3.5

Ofsted

The Lea Valley Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 5 October 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
5 Oct 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2013

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 102050), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Jul 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 102050)

  • Nov 2009Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 102050)

What parents said

73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
73%
Replies
22
3% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school●86% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼81% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼78% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼64% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well●86% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼63% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing▲87% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▼86% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities●91% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼59% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲85% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 86% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼46% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 59% who had a child bullied

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