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Brentwood County High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,097Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 145474URN

Seven Arches Road, Brentwood, CM14 4JF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
close to Essex median (2.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in EssexSelective

620 applications for 205 places · 36th of 78 in Essex
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.7of 90
33rd of 79 in Essex
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 March 2026Published 8 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected 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

  1. 10 March 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 7 June 2022
    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
3.0applications per place, Year 7
close to Essex median (2.8) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

620 applications · 205 places offered · 120 named it first

  1. 2026 3.0; Essex median median 2.8
  2. 2025 2.9; Essex median median 2.7
  3. 2024 3.0; Essex median median 2.8
  4. 2023 2.5; Essex median median 2.7
  5. 2022 3.2; Essex median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.3; Essex median median 2.6
  7. 2020 3.1; Essex median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.9; Essex median median 2.7
  9. 2018 4.3; Essex median median 2.6
  10. 2017 4.2; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
  11. 2016 3.8; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 4.0; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.5; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Essex median in 8 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Essex median

Dashed bars: as Brentwood County High School (URN 140982), Brentwood County High School (URN 115375), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262056203.01200.59
Sep 20252075992.91250.60
Sep 20242056113.01120.55
Sep 20232295692.51150.50
Sep 20221565053.2960.62
Sep 20211214003.3550.45
Sep 20201324143.1680.52
Sep 20191373962.9590.43
Sep 20181054504.3730.70
Sep 2017 *1837654.21240.68
Sep 2016 *1877143.81350.72
Sep 2015 *2058254.01880.92
Sep 2014 *2077203.51470.71

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

138 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.733rd of 79 in Essex
Grade 5 or above in English and maths48%32nd of 79 in Essex
Grade 4 or above in English and maths70%
  • This school
  • Essex median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.38
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13846.748%70%–
2024/2514643.243%62%–
2023/2416741.143%61%−0.38
2022/239938.729%49%−0.59

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

  • 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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
145474 · 881/4027
Trust
Osborne Co-Operative Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,405 pupils · 1,097 on roll
Free school meals
21.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2017
Replaced
Brentwood County High School (URN 140982); Brentwood County High School (URN 115375)
Address
Seven Arches Road, Brentwood, CM14 4JF
Local authority
Essex · Brentwood

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