St Martin's School Brentwood

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Good
Sept 24 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
136875
Address
Hanging Hill Lane, Hutton, CM13 2HG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1711 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
52.1%
Girls
47.9%
First language not English
4.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.5%
Persistent absence
17.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.6%
Mixed 7.3%
African 6.1%
Other White 4.9%
Indian 2.4%
Other Asian 0.9%
Unclassified 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Caribbean 0.6%
Other 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 39%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.8
Local authority average 44.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.99
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE28
BiologyGCSE38
Business Studies:SingleGCSE94
ChemistryGCSE38
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE40
Design & TechnologyGCSE51
DanceGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE248
English LiteratureGCSE245
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE47
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Martin's School Brentwood

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
287
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
287
2nd preference
294
3rd preference
269
From another Local Authority
57
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
236
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
292
159
133
Year 8
287
157
130
Year 9
299
137
162
Year 10
287
157
130
Year 11
251
129
122
Year 12
157
92
65
Year 13
138
61
77
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
85.2%
85.5%
Further education
32.0%
38.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
53.0%
37.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
9.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.9%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
3.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
62.0%
53.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
21.0%
15.2%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
3.4%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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