Highlands School is a state-maintained secondary school in London, United Kingdom with 1,694 pupils. As of 12 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Safeguarding and inclusion officer (closes 16 November) and Cleaner (closes 16 November). It holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas.
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 2 live vacancies.
Head
Vincent McInerney, Headteacher
Type
State-maintained, Secondary
Pupils
1,694 pupils · 51% girls · 17.4% eligible for free school meals · 13.8% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
192 (11.3%) on SEN support · 73 (4.3%) with an education, health and care plan · has resourced provision DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Curriculum
Cambridge
Local authority
Enfield
Location
London, N21 1QQ, United Kingdom
Telephone
02083701100
Visa sponsorship
Holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas (rated A). Register of licensed sponsors, 11 November 2026. A licence means the employer can sponsor; each advert says whether a post does.
The successful candidate will be expected to play a crucial role in the day to day running of the school’s child protection systems. This role includes supporting all looked after…
The successful candidate will be expected to undertake the cleaning of designated areas within the premises, to ensure that they are maintained to a high standard of cleanliness…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
54.9
64.4%
2024/25
55.6
64.7%
2023/24
54.8
61.6%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
85.6
19.8
–
0
£63,340
2024/25
89.2
18.5
13%
0
£59,094
2023/24
91.5
17.5
9%
0
£55,465
2022/23
87.5
17.7
19%
0
£48,798
2021/22
95.3
16.4
21%
0
£48,776
2020/21
92.5
16.8
16%
0
£47,369
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
90.7
16.9
24%
0
£44,664
2018/19
90.3
17.1
20%
0
£44,091
2017/18
89.7
17.6
17%
1
£42,979
2016/17
91.6
16.9
15%
0
£43,732
2015/16
91.1
16.5
13%
0
£42,645
2014/15
91.3
16.6
11%
0
£41,850
2013/14
93.2
16.5
16%
0
£40,621
2012/13
92.9
16.4
10%
0
£40,620
2011/12
95.3
15.7
7%
0
£41,261
2010/11
106.2
13.6
12%
0
£39,409
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
4.7%
2.3%
9.0%
0.6%
2024/25
5.4%
2.5%
12.1%
1.5%
2023/24
6.1%
2.3%
17.4%
1.5%
2022/23
6.3%
1.9%
17.3%
1.6%
2021/22
7.4%
1.8%
21.7%
1.2%
2020/21
3.4%
1.4%
6.9%
1.5%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
5.2%
0.9%
12.0%
1.0%
2017/18
5.3%
0.8%
12.8%
0.4%
2016/17
4.6%
0.7%
10.3%
0.3%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
2 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 1 teaching, 1 support. Most often advertised: Behaviour mentor, Design technology technician. Last advertised October 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.