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Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School

11–18Ages
991Pupils
SecondaryPhase
GirlsPupils
Roman CatholicReligious character
Sixth formAges 16–18
138834URN

Queen's Road, Brentwood, CM14 4EX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.9per place

close to Essex median (2.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in EssexSelective

515 applications for 175 places · 37th of 78 in Essex

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

63.2of 90

Essex 45.6 England 46.0

5th of 79 in Essex

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 7 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education	Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
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

2.9applications per place, Year 7

close to Essex median (2.8) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

515 applications · 175 places offered · 134 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.9; Essex median median 2.8
2025 2.6; Essex median median 2.7
2024 2.8; Essex median median 2.8
2023 2.9; Essex median median 2.7
2022 3.1; Essex median median 2.7
2021 3.1; Essex median median 2.6
2020 3.3; Essex median median 2.8
2019 3.0; Essex median median 2.7
2018 2.8; Essex median median 2.6
2017 3.0; Essex median median 2.7
2016 3.0; Essex median median 2.6
2015 3.0; Essex median median 2.5
2014 2.9; Essex median median 2.6

More applications per place than the Essex median in 12 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	175	515	2.9	134	0.77
Sep 2025	175	457	2.6	116	0.66
Sep 2024	175	486	2.8	139	0.79
Sep 2023	175	510	2.9	157	0.90
Sep 2022	175	540	3.1	160	0.91
Sep 2021	175	543	3.1	120	0.69
Sep 2020	175	571	3.3	168	0.96
Sep 2019	175	528	3.0	140	0.80
Sep 2018	174	495	2.8	125	0.72
Sep 2017	175	522	3.0	147	0.84
Sep 2016	171	504	3.0	148	0.87
Sep 2015	171	520	3.0	166	0.97
Sep 2014	165	482	2.9	141	0.85

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

165 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)63.25th of 79 in Essex

Essex 45.6 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths84%5th of 79 in Essex

Essex 43% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths91%

Essex 66% England 66%

This school
Essex median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.01

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	165	63.2	84%	91%	–
2024/25	167	61.0	78%	92%	–
2023/24	168	62.7	81%	94%	+1.01
2022/23	169	61.4	83%	91%	+1.04

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

Brentwood Ursuline Convent High SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

2.9applications per place 63.2Attainment 8
Brentwood County High School
0.3 km · Essex

2026

3.0applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
Becket Keys Church of England Free School
1.0 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.3applications per place 55.5Attainment 8
St Martin's School Brentwood
2.8 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2024

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

Remains Good2024

4.3applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
Drapers' Academy
4.5 km · Havering

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.3applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
Redden Court School
6.1 km · Havering

Outstanding2022

5.9applications per place 51.7Attainment 8
The Campion School
6.4 km · Havering

2026

3.1applications per place 56.8Attainment 8
Hall Mead School
6.7 km · Havering

Outstanding2023

5.2applications per place 51.5Attainment 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: 138834 · 881/5461
Trust: Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 1,047 pupils · 991 on roll
Free school meals: 10.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 October 2012
Replaced: Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School (URN 115377)
Address: Queen's Road, Brentwood, CM14 4EX
Local authority: Essex · Brentwood

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