Transfer to secondary school - September 2025

Places at Enfield secondary schools were allocated in line with the published admissions criteria for each school. To read the criteria, view our guide to secondary schools booklet (PDF, 4630.35 KB).

Accepting your offer

If you applied online and received your allocation by email, you should accept your place by 17 March 2025 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 school, academies and free schools, and the furthest distances we offered places, see secondary transfer 2025 breakdown of allocations (PDF, 255.55 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
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.

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, 94.77 KB). You should email the completed form to esas@enfield.gov.uk by 17 March 2025.

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 of Enfield

If you have 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 the 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 2025

If you have not yet applied for your child, you can still do this. Visit eAdmissions to register and complete an online application for secondary school for September 2025. Do this as soon as possible. Any application submitted at this stage is a late application. In most circumstances, you will receive an outcome within 10 to 14 working days.

Frequently asked questions

View our ESAS frequently asked questions (PDF, 196.99 KB) for further details about the secondary transfer admissions process.

Vacancies

View the secondary transfer 2025 list of schools with possible vacancies as of 3 March 2025 (PDF, 136.99 KB).