St Martin's School Brentwood

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 22 2019 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
1776 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
51.1%
Girls
48.9%
First language not English
4.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.9%
Persistent absence
19.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.2%
Mixed 7%
African 5.7%
Other White 4.6%
Indian 3%
Other Asian 0.9%
Caribbean 0.9%
Unclassified 0.8%
Pakistani 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 42%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.7
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.25
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award39
Health StudiesTechnical Award22
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE70
Business Studies:SingleGCSE128
ChemistryGCSE69
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE32
Design & TechnologyGCSE62
DanceGCSE1
EconomicsGCSE72
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Martin's School Brentwood

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
291
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
246
2nd preference
275
3rd preference
309
From another Local Authority
35
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
230
2nd preference
39
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
291
161
130
Year 8
318
144
174
Year 9
294
161
133
Year 10
257
131
126
Year 11
285
154
131
Year 12
146
64
82
Year 13
185
93
92
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
30.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
60.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
73.0%
57.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
30.0%
15.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
24.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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