Salmons Brook School
Salmons Brook School is a special free school in Enfield for boys and girls aged 11 to 19. It has 66 pupils and room for 70. About 73 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
Bell Lane, Enfield, EN3 5PB020 3089 5900salmonsbrook.org.ukMiss Kimberley Matthews headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 17 June 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
11 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | Enfield | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 11 | 12 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 46.9 | 46.8 |
| Progress from age 11Progress 8 | – | -2.47 | – | – |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 46% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 66% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.33 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 0% | 0% | 60% | 41% |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started behindAttainment 8, low prior attainers | – | 0.2 | – | – |
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Enfield council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (59), language and communications needs (4), Autistic spectrum disorder (3).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 66 | 63 | 44 | 32 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 73% | 75% | 68% | 44% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 17% | 18% | 21% | 22% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 98% | 100% | 100% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 76.7% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 23.3% | 32.8% | 36.3% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 10.2% | 13.1% | 11.8% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 13.1% | 19.8% | 24.5% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 63.6% | 69.4% | 84.9% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 163.5 | 238.6 | 325.0 | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other special schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ark John Keats Academy | Free school | 150 m | 1,732 | Good 2023 | 72 | Compare |
| Eastfield Primary School | Academy | 270 m | 417 | Good 2022 | 84 | Compare |
| Chesterfield Primary School | Academy | 590 m | 467 | Good 2022 | 26 | Compare |
| Fern House School | Academy | 680 m | 79 | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| Enfield Heights Academy | Free school | 760 m | 200 | Good 2023 | 92 | Compare |
| Durants School | Council | 800 m | 206 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Prince of Wales Primary School | Council | 950 m | 506 | Report card 2026 | 23 | Compare |
| Freezywater St George's CofE VA Primary School | Church of England | 0.6 miles | 220 | Good 2022 | 67 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Salmons Brook School a good school?
Salmons Brook School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in June 2025.
What is Salmons Brook School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Salmons Brook School not judged at its last full inspection on 17 June 2025.
How good are Salmons Brook School's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 0% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 1.0, against 46.8 for England. In each subject, pupils here finished well over a grade behind children across England who started secondary school at the same level.
How many pupils does Salmons Brook School have?
66 pupils aged 11 to 19 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 70 places, so it is 94% full.
What is attendance like at Salmons Brook School?
Pupils were in school 76.7% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 64% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
Does Salmons Brook School have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Bell Lane, Enfield, EN3 5PB
- Telephone
- 020 3089 5900
- Website
- www.salmonsbrook.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Miss Kimberley Matthews
- Type of school
- Special free school (Free schools special, free schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-19, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- Edact (3 schools)
- Local authority
- Enfield
- Ward
- Brimsdown
- Constituency
- Enfield North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2022 (new provision)
- URN
- 149100 · LAESTAB 3087003 · UKPRN 10090886
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.