Side by side
Alternative Centre of Education and Forest School
The published facts for both schools, each with its source. Where a school or the government has not published something, the cell says so. We do not name a winner.
What differs
- Alternative Centre of Education takes ages 7 to 16; Forest School takes ages 4 to 18.
- Alternative Centre of Education has 31 pupils; Forest School has 1,605.
- The two schools are 4.0 miles apart in a straight line.
Facts side by side
| Fact | Alternative Centre of Education | Forest School |
|---|---|---|
| The basics | ||
| Type | Independent school DfE register | Independent school DfE register |
| Ages | 7 to 16 DfE register | 4 to 18 DfE register |
| Gender | Mixed DfE register | Mixed DfE register |
| Pupils | 31 DfE register | 1,605 DfE register |
| Religious character | Not published | Church of England DfE register |
| Borough | Enfield DfE register | Waltham Forest DfE register |
| Boarding | No DfE register | No DfE register |
| Cost | ||
| Published day fees | Not published | £7,672 to £10,898 a term school's fees page, 2026-27 |
| Inspection | ||
| Latest inspection | Ofsted graded inspection, 24 September 2024: Good at that inspection Ofsted | Inspected by ISI (no grade is published as data) DfE register |
| Results | ||
| A level: average grade | Not published | B+ (2024/25) DfE |
| A level: points per entry | Not published | 43.9 (2024/25) DfE |
| Pupils | ||
| Receiving SEN support | 16.1% school census 2024/25 | 7.3% school census 2024/25 |
DfE register: Get Information About Schools, daily extract as at 2026-10-07. Other sources are named in each cell; every figure links to its source on the school's own page.
Shaded cells differ between the two schools. A blank is not a weakness: it means the figure has not been published, or does not apply to that type of school. Fees and results are not comparable between state and independent schools.