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St Mary's Catholic School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,106Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 148499URN

Windhill, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2NQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 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
2.7per place
0.3 below Hertfordshire median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hertfordshire

484 applications for 182 places · 51st of 77 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
56.8of 90
19th of 78 in Hertfordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 8 October 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
2.7applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Hertfordshire median (3.0) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

484 applications · 182 places offered · 147 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  2. 2025 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  3. 2024 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  4. 2023 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  5. 2022 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  6. 2021 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.0; as the previous school
  7. 2020 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 3.1; as the previous school
  8. 2019 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.2; as the previous school
  9. 2018 3.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
  10. 2017 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
  11. 2016 4.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
  12. 2015 4.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 1 of 5 years.
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median

Dashed bars: as St Mary's Catholic School (URN 117594), 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 20261824842.71470.81
Sep 20251834782.61320.72
Sep 20241844862.61520.83
Sep 20231855382.91650.89
Sep 20221876483.52041.09
Sep 2021 *2097113.41880.90
Sep 2020 *1856163.31650.89
Sep 2019 *1856463.51851.00
Sep 2018 *1836573.61710.93
Sep 2017 *1846353.51881.02
Sep 2016 *1536154.01541.01
Sep 2015 *1536444.21811.18
Sep 2014 *1535823.81531.00

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

208 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)56.819th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths64%23rd of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths85%
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.43
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20856.864%85%–
2024/2518557.666%89%–
2023/2418654.659%81%+0.43
2022/2318354.364%81%+0.38

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

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  • Urgent improvement
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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
148499 · 919/5422
Trust
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,029 pupils · 1,106 on roll
Free school meals
10.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2021
Replaced
St Mary's Catholic School (URN 117594)
Address
Windhill, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2NQ
Local authority
Hertfordshire · East Hertfordshire

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