Academy converter · Essex

St Martin's School Brentwood

11–18Ages
1,794Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
136875URN

Hanging Hill Lane, Hutton, Brentwood, CM13 2HG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.7per place

0.9 above Essex median (2.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in EssexSelective

1,178 applications for 316 places · 18th of 78 in Essex

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

49.9of 90

Essex 45.6 England 46.0

18th of 79 in Essex

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 24 September 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Sixth form provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

3.7applications per place, Year 7

0.9 above Essex median (2.8) 1.5 above England median (2.2)

1,178 applications · 316 places offered · 289 named it first

2026 3.7; Essex median median 2.8
2025 4.1; Essex median median 2.7
2024 4.0; Essex median median 2.8
2023 4.2; Essex median median 2.7
2022 3.6; Essex median median 2.7
2021 3.7; Essex median median 2.6
2020 3.5; Essex median median 2.8
2019 3.8; Essex median median 2.7
2018 3.8; Essex median median 2.6
2017 4.1; Essex median median 2.7
2016 4.0; Essex median median 2.6
2015 3.8; Essex median median 2.5
2014 3.7; Essex median median 2.6

More applications per place than the Essex median in 13 of 13 years.

This school
Essex median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	316	1,178	3.7	289	0.91
Sep 2025	287	1,185	4.1	287	1.00
Sep 2024	291	1,175	4.0	246	0.85
Sep 2023	292	1,222	4.2	287	0.98
Sep 2022	323	1,160	3.6	283	0.88
Sep 2021	286	1,050	3.7	225	0.79
Sep 2020	290	1,020	3.5	190	0.66
Sep 2019	290	1,099	3.8	282	0.97
Sep 2018	290	1,104	3.8	283	0.98
Sep 2017	279	1,138	4.1	268	0.96
Sep 2016	272	1,078	4.0	253	0.93
Sep 2015	273	1,049	3.8	298	1.09
Sep 2014	270	1,001	3.7	309	1.14

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

280 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)49.918th of 79 in Essex

Essex 45.6 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths55%15th of 79 in Essex

Essex 43% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths71%

Essex 66% England 66%

This school
Essex median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.01

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	280	49.9	55%	71%	–
2024/25	251	45.9	45%	73%	–
2023/24	284	49.2	54%	74%	−0.01
2022/23	287	48.7	48%	75%	−0.12

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

St Martin's School BrentwoodThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2024

3.7applications per place 49.9Attainment 8
Shenfield High School
2.0 km · Essex

Remains Good2024

4.3applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
Brentwood County High School
2.6 km · Essex

2026

3.0applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School
2.8 km · Essex

Good2023

2.9applications per place 63.2Attainment 8
Becket Keys Church of England Free School
3.0 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.3applications per place 55.5Attainment 8
Harris Academy Billericay
5.2 km · Essex

Remains Good2024

3.8applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
Mayflower High School
6.3 km · Essex

2025

3.2applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
Anglo European School
6.3 km · Essex

Good2024

3.8applications per place 58.6Attainment 8
Drapers' Academy
7.4 km · Havering

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.3applications per place 39.4Attainment 8

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 136875 · 881/5433
Trust: Discovery Educational Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,805 pupils · 1,794 on roll
Free school meals: 14.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 July 2011
Replaced: St Martin's School (URN 115349)
Address: Hanging Hill Lane, Hutton, Brentwood, CM13 2HG
Local authority: Essex · Brentwood

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources