Academy sponsor led · Essex

Forest Hall School

11–16Ages
506Pupils
SecondaryPhase
141328URN

Forest Hall Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, CM24 8TZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.8per place

close to Essex median (2.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in EssexSelective

329 applications for 116 places · 39th of 78 in Essex

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

42.8of 90

Essex 45.6 England 46.0

49th of 79 in Essex

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 10 February 2026Published 19 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard	Expected standard	Needs attention
Inclusion		Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching			Expected standard
Achievement				Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour				Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing		Strong standard
Early years	Does not apply to this school
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance			Expected standard

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

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

10 February 2026
Report card · 2 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
18 November 2021
Graded inspection: 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

2.8applications per place, Year 7

close to Essex median (2.8) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

329 applications · 116 places offered · 99 named it first

2026 2.8; Essex median median 2.8
2025 2.8; Essex median median 2.7
2024 3.2; Essex median median 2.8
2023 3.0; Essex median median 2.7
2022 2.6; Essex median median 2.7
2021 2.6; Essex median median 2.6
2020 3.0; Essex median median 2.8
2019 2.4; Essex median median 2.7
2018 2.5; Essex median median 2.6
2017 2.5; Essex median median 2.7
2016 2.0; Essex median median 2.6
2015 2.3; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
2014 2.1; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school

This school
Essex median

Dashed bars: as Forest Hall School (URN 115222), the previous school.

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	116	329	2.8	99	0.85
Sep 2025	99	281	2.8	62	0.63
Sep 2024	79	253	3.2	71	0.90
Sep 2023	88	262	3.0	71	0.81
Sep 2022	115	297	2.6	83	0.72
Sep 2021	96	252	2.6	71	0.74
Sep 2020	89	268	3.0	75	0.84
Sep 2019	104	246	2.4	92	0.88
Sep 2018	110	273	2.5	81	0.74
Sep 2017	107	266	2.5	86	0.80
Sep 2016	124	242	2.0	63	0.51
Sep 2015 *	82	187	2.3	45	0.55
Sep 2014 *	69	143	2.1	29	0.42

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

98 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.849th of 79 in Essex

Essex 45.6 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths42%43rd of 79 in Essex

Essex 43% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths58%

Essex 66% England 66%

This school
Essex median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.27

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	98	42.8	42%	58%	–
2024/25	78	40.6	35%	60%	–
2023/24	107	44.1	39%	63%	+0.27
2022/23	95	38.5	41%	60%	−0.41

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

Forest Hall SchoolThis school
This school

2026

2.8applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
Birchwood High School
2.8 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.5applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
Hockerill Anglo-European College
3.6 km · Hertfordshire

Good2022

11.5applications per place 62.3Attainment 8
The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College
3.8 km · Hertfordshire

Outstanding2023

2.9applications per place 62.0Attainment 8
Avanti Grange Secondary School
4.0 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.6applications per place
St Mary's Catholic School
4.5 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.7applications per place 56.8Attainment 8
The Bishop's Stortford High School
6.2 km · Hertfordshire

Remains Outstanding2023

3.3applications per place 58.8Attainment 8
Leventhorpe
9.1 km · Hertfordshire

Good2024

2.8applications per place 47.1Attainment 8
Helena Romanes School
10.2 km · Essex

Good2023

1.8applications per place 44.0Attainment 8

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 141328 · 881/4015
Trust: Bmat Education
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 648 pupils · 506 on roll
Free school meals: 30.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision and SEN unit
Opened: 1 February 2015
Replaced: Forest Hall School (URN 115222)
Address: Forest Hall Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, CM24 8TZ
Local authority: Essex · Uttlesford

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