St Martin's School Brentwood

Academy converter·Secondary school Brentwood, Essex·CM13 2HG
Composite score
57.4
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#1,557
National rank
#171
In East of England
#31
In Essex
Top 49%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
45%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
72%
% EBacc grade 5+
14%
EBacc average points score
3.99

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
89%
289 first choices, 316 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,178
any preference, for 316 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8820220.9820230.8420241.0020250.922026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,711
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
4.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
19.5%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,388
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
95%
287 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
87%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

St Martin's School Brentwood at a glance

Located in Brentwood, Essex, St Martin's School Brentwood is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,711 pupils aged 11 to 18. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 45.9 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 3.3 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

45% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 72% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 89% of the families who made St Martin's School Brentwood their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.5%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. St Martin's School Brentwood does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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