Fairy Fridays Start Today!!

21st November 2025Mrs S Field

Our wonderful catering team have decided to add a little warmth and cheer to Fridays running up to the end of term…..

  • Guess how many sweets in the jar – win the jar of sweets!
  • Christmassy cupcakes – who will be lucky and find the £5?
  • Enjoy a warming, tasty hot chocolate with toppings – perfect for this weather!

And, to add some extra fun, IF we raise £500 a member of our senior leadership team has promised to be a school fairy on Christmas Lunch day! ….Now that will be a sight worth seeing!!

All monies raised will be donated to the charity SHELTER so please be generous, bring in some coins and join in over the next 3 Fridays 🙂

**CASH ONLY only at the tills**

 

Remembrance Sunday

10th November 2025Mrs S Field

In school, we have a memorial to all those alumni who never came home from the wars; Gerald E Bungey is listed in the first column.

All of our sixth form students who enrol in degree programmes at universities receive a £100 scholarship in their second year as a consequence of a moving story about one of our former pupils, who tragically lost his life in the First World War.

Mrs Bungey and her late husband agreed to leave half their estate to provide a memorial to their son, Second Lieutenant Gerald Edward Bungey. The yearly funding for the award comes from interest paid each year on a bequest left to the Enfield Grammar School Foundation from the estate of Mrs Maude Bungey and is paid out by our Foundation Trustees who are part of our governance structure.

Gerald attended the EGS from 1911 to 1914 and was Captain of 1st Cricket team and Football Elevens, and runner of the mile and half-mile

Joining the army soon after the declaration of war in 1914, he was killed in action on 4th August during the Battle of the Somme at the young age of just 19 years, while fighting with the 14th Fusiliers. 

It makes you reflect on all those young men (many just out of school) who never had the chance to go onto any type of further education or live out their lives.

Following our Remembrance Assembly last Friday, we will be holding a 2 minutes silence at 11am today.

“No greater sacrifice can a man make in giving his life in serving his country so that others may live in peace and freedom.”

 

Sixth Form Open-Evening : Tuesday 11 November

6th November 2025Mrs S Field

Sixth Form Open-Evening is Tuesday 11 November 2025 5.30-7.30pm for September 2026 admissions

Headteacher Presentation at 5.45pm and 6.45pm

In addition, this year we will be offering a series of short presentations about key considerations for Post-16 course selection, these will take place at the following times:

Law Pathways – 17.30-17.40 (Tudor Hall)
Medicine Pathways – 17.30-17.40 (Common Room)
Choosing the right subjects – 17.45-18.05 and 18.45-19.05 (Tudor Hall)
Vocational Pathways – 17.45-18.05 and 18.45-19.05 (Common Room)
A Level Alternatives – 17.30 and 18.30 (Tudor Hall)
STEM Pathways – 18.15 – 18.30 (Tudor Hall)
Capel Manor Courses – 18.15 – 18.30 (Common Room)
Apprenticeships – 19.15-19.30 (Common Room)
Thinking about “Oxbridge” – 19.15-19.30 (Tudor Hall)

Subject teachers and leaders will be available for you to meet with and discuss your son’s post-16 subject choices between 5.30pm until 7.30pm.

We look forward to seeing you!

Enfield Grammar School has a prestigious past and a bright future!
‘Come and succeed with us’
Our excellent A Level results for 2025 put us in the top 25% of schools nationally with 77% of students accepting their first choice of university. Our collaboration with Enfield County School means we offer an unrivalled range of subjects. All students joining us in Year 12 will be given a brand new Google Chromebook to support their studies.

Have You Made Your Secondary School Choices? 31 October Deadline!

28th October 2025Mrs S Field

The deadline for secondary school applications is 31 October 2025.

Have you and your Year 6 made their choices?

Why choose Enfield Grammar School for your son? We are a local Enfield comprehensive boys secondary school where boys have a history of making positive progress. We take pride in ourselves, our school, and our community.

Enfield Grammar School is a community built on tradition, inclusivity, and its long-standing motto “Tant Que Je Puis” (“As Much As I Can”). The school values the development of the whole person—not just academic success—by fostering respect, kindness, and empathy among students and staff. Through a broad curriculum and diverse extracurricular opportunities, students are encouraged to be curious, resilient, independent, and determined.

Our values of PRIDE—Passion, Resilience, Integrity, Determination, and Empathy—guide us in all our actions, helping us to develop our students into well-rounded individuals who are prepared to contribute positively to society.

To find out more about us and what goes on in our school:

  • Look through our website
  • Follow us on our social media channels: Facebook, Instagram & LinkedIn

Celebrating Black History Month!

24th October 2025Mrs S Field

What a month it’s been! Celebrating and reflecting on black history and culture throughout the past 3 weeks including a focus on what pride and empowerment mean within our community, for everyone. Some of our events were:

  • Form time activities
  • Assemblies 
  • Cultural food 
  • Library Display
  • Cross-curricular “Voices of Pride and Power” focus 
  • A visit to the Houses of Parliament for a special screening of Romeo n Juliet 4EVA, (recently awarded Best Diaspora Film in Africa)
  • Student designed vibrant flags representing a wide range of countries and cultures 
  • BHM Reading Relay

Last week ended with an incredible celebration event of fantastic performances (our student steel pans!), DJ, food, and community celebration.

Wonderful feedback received:

I just wanted to thank you and all the staff involved for putting on such a wonderful event yesterday evening. The boys are still buzzing about it now!
As someone who teaches African history year round and has spent nearly 20 years in education, I’ve seen Black History Month be really poorly acknowledged.
This was honestly the most well planned and impactful celebration of this month that I’ve seen in any school.
I think the boys will remember it in years to come.

A massive thank you to all the staff who made a positive impact in delivering the BHM focus in such creative and interactive ways and a special thank you to Mr Obeng who led on the whole programme, with Ms Green and Ms Roberts who coordinated the finale event!

We hope the students enjoyed  it as much as we did and have increased knowledge and understanding around diversity and culture.

Together, we remain committed to celebrating diversity, honouring heritage, and inspiring every student to stand firm with pride and purpose.

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Years 12 & 13 Perform Bacterial Transformation!

22nd October 2025Mrs S Field

Year 12 and 13 A Level Biology and BTEC Applied Science students took part in a unique opportunity to carry out research-level experiments.

Thanks to AMGEN and the University of Hertfordshire, they performed bacterial transformation using a red fluorescent protein gene from sea anemones. Over two weeks, they cut the gene, created recombinant plasmids, and inserted the gene into E. coli bacteria. The bacteria that absorbed the gene turned red and glowed under UV light (see ‘labelled result’ in folder).

Students also used gel electrophoresis (see ‘gel electrophoresis result’) and even got to see and use a PCR machine—which costs at least £15,000!

They learned valuable lab skills including micro pipetting, aseptic technique, DNA manipulation, bacterial transformation, gel electrophoresis, and PCR. These are key skills for any future in STEM.

It was challenging, but they did exceptionally well learning and applying so many new techniques.

 

 

Another Musical Alumni Visit!! Jack Allen

20th October 2025Mrs S Field

We were delighted that ex-student, Jack Allen, popped into the music block last week.

Jack, who is now a successful music producer for Spotify, did A-level Music Technology with Mr Escott in 2018 and wanted to give a little back.

Jack has generously donated a new bass guitar, electric and acoustic guitars as well as some leads and some software for the computers in the tech suite. Thank you SO much!

He remembers his time at Grammar very fondly and wishes the department and school well for the future. It makes us so proud to see our wonderful ex-students successfully navigating the world today – this is why we do the job we do!

Open-Evening: Monday 6 October from 5.30pm

5th October 2025Mrs S Field

Parents of Years 5 and 6 ………

Join us on Monday evening at Enfield Grammar School for our Prospective Parents Open Evening where you will have the opportunity to explore our school, meet our staff, and discover what it is like to be a student at our school.

Guided tours will be taking place throughout the evening on both sites. Small group tours will be accompanied by students who will be happy to answer your questions and tell you about their journey at Enfield Grammar School.

Refreshments will be available from FEGS.

The Headteacher’s speeches will take place at the Upper School Site at:

  • 6.15pm
  • 7.30pm

Lower School Site – Parsonage Lane, EN1 3EX

Upper School Site – Market Place, Enfield, EN2 6LN

We believe that having passion creates a rounded character. In learning, sports, music, the arts and beyond, we encourage our students to pursue their interests with enthusiasm and a genuine love for what they do.
We also believe that boys who compete become men who have a strong sense of ambition. Our sporting success and range of sporting facilities are second to none across North London. EGS Alumni regularly represent local, national, and international teams in a variety of sports including Rugby, Cricket, Football and Athletics. We believe that academic excellence and sporting success can go hand in hand and we work hard to develop personalised learning pathways so that our elite sportsmen can be successful both on and off the field.
If you have a musical or sporting Year 6 son, you can apply for a Music or Sports Scholarship place to secure a September 2026 start. Details for these supplementary applications can be found on our Admissions & Scholarships website page: https://www.enfieldgrammar.org/…/admissions-scholarships/