Latymer reports 62% of grades at A or A*, Oasis Hadley 35%, Enfield Grammar 14%, against 28.3% nationally. Plus the 20 August remark deadline families miss.

Four Enfield sixth forms have now published their own 2026 A-level figures, and one of them, a non-selective academy on South Street in EN3, is reporting a higher share of top grades than the national average.

Results were released on Thursday 13 August. Nationally, Ofqual reports that 28.3% of A-level grades were an A or A*, barely moved from 28.2% in 2025, out of 835,950 A levels awarded to 320,505 students. Ofqual also notes that the regions with the highest share of results at A or A* were London and the South East, so a London school clearing the national bar is doing well but is not doing something unheard of.

Here is what Enfield schools have put on the record themselves, in their own words. No league table is possible from this, and the reason matters: schools count different things. Latymer, Oasis Hadley and Enfield Grammar all report the share of grades awarded at a given level, so those three are directly comparable with the national figure. Ark John Keats reports the share of students hitting a grade combination, which is a different measurement entirely.

The Latymer School, Edmonton

The borough’s selective grammar reports that 27% of grades were an A* and 62% were at A or A*, with eight students achieving four A* grades and over a quarter of the cohort achieving at least two A*. The school says a significant number of students have secured places at Cambridge or Oxford, with others going on to apprenticeships and training providers.

That 62% is more than double the national 28.3%, which is what you would expect from a school that selects on ability at 11.

Oasis Academy Hadley, South Street

The non-selective all-through academy at 143 South Street, EN3, calls this its best ever set of results: 35% of A-level grades at A*-A and 78% at A*-B, with more than 60% of BTEC grades at Distinction* to Distinction. Scott Baker, head of sixth form, said the results will “ensure 100% progression to the best possible destination for every student”.

This is the number in the borough worth pausing on. A school that takes all comers is reporting a higher A*-A share than the national average across every school type, selective ones included. The academy lists UCL, King’s College London, Queen Mary, Imperial, Warwick, Durham and Exeter among this year’s most popular destinations, on courses including medicine, law, engineering and accountancy.

Enfield Grammar School, Enfield Town

Despite the name, Enfield Grammar is a non-selective boys’ school on Market Place. It reports 14% of grades at A* or A, 40% at A*-B and almost 70% at A*-C, with seven students averaging A*-A and 70% of students securing university places on courses including maths, computer science, engineering, law and medicine. The school also says it recorded its highest ever progress score, meaning students did better at A level than their GCSE grades would have predicted, measured against national performance.

Progress is the fairer measure of what a school adds, and it is the one Enfield Grammar has chosen to lead on. Headteacher Mr Lamb said it was “great to see so many of our young people securing fantastic opportunities next year, not just at universities, but also with employers to follow degree apprenticeship programmes”.

Ark John Keats Academy, Enfield Wash

Ark John Keats leads on vocational results, and the movement there is the sharpest single change published in the borough this week. The share of students achieving DDM or above at BTEC rose from 60% last year to 70% this year, with a BTEC value-added score of +0.4. At A level, 24% of students achieved three grades at A-B. History, religious studies and sociology recorded progress scores in the top 25% nationally, and maths, economics and psychology came in significantly above the national average.

Principal Katie Marshall said the outcomes “reflect their determination and commitment to their academic success throughout their time in the sixth form”.

Share of A-level grades at A or A* in 2026, three Enfield schools against the national figure Horizontal bar chart. The Latymer School reports 62% of grades at A or A*. Oasis Academy Hadley reports 35%. The national figure for England is 28.3%. Enfield Grammar School reports 14%. Ark John Keats Academy did not publish a comparable A star to A figure. Share of A-level grades at A or A*, 2026 Enfield schools that published a comparable figure, against the England-wide result. The Latymer School62% Oasis Academy Hadley35% England (all schools)28.3% Enfield Grammar School14% Ark John Keats Academydid not publish a comparable A*-A figure Sources: each school's own published results statement, 13 August 2026; Ofqual, A Level and level 3 results 2026 at a glance. Latymer is selective; Oasis Hadley and Enfield Grammar are not. Schools set their own reporting basis. Graphic by Enfield Today
Share of A-level grades at A or A* in 2026, the three Enfield schools that published a comparable figure, set against the England-wide 28.3%.

The schools that have not published figures

Several Enfield sixth forms marked results day without putting numbers out. Enfield County School for Girls posted a congratulations message to its Year 13 students with no figures attached. Southgate School, Winchmore School, St Anne’s Catholic High School for Girls, Bishop Stopford’s and Chace Community School carried no 2026 results figures on their websites when we checked on the morning of 14 August: Winchmore and St Anne’s had results day arrangements posted, but no outcomes.

That is not a judgement on any of them. Schools publish on their own timetable, and some never publish a press release at all. Verified DfE performance data for this year’s cohort will not appear until 2027, so a school’s own statement is currently the only public number there is.

What it means for you

If a grade looks wrong, the clock is short. The deadline for a priority review of marking, the fast service that exists specifically to protect a university place, is Wednesday 20 August 2026, per JCQ’s post-results guidance. That is six days from today. The exam board must complete a priority review within 15 calendar days. The standard review of marking and the clerical re-check both run to 24 September 2026, completed within 20 and 10 calendar days respectively.

Two things trip families up here. A student cannot apply directly: the request goes through the school or college, which needs written consent first, so the call to make today is to the exams officer, not the exam board. And there is no grade protection on a review of marking: a grade can go down as well as up.

If you did not get the place you wanted, Clearing is open through UCAS, which runs into the autumn. Check UCAS for the current deadline to add a Clearing choice before you commit to anything.

If your household has Year 11s too, GCSE results follow on Thursday 20 August, the same day as the A-level priority remark deadline.

The wider Enfield schools picture is not settled. The council is due to decide on 14 October whether to consult on the closure, repurposing or redesignation of Bishop Stopford’s School, Starks Field Primary and Suffolks Primary, driven by falling pupil numbers across the borough.

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