St Martin's School Brentwood
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Brentwood · CM13 2HG · Essex
Ages 11–18
- Att849.2
- P8-0.0
- EM5+54%
- Absence7.5%
1.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 137877
Shenfield High School
Academy converter · Brentwood · CM15 8RY
Ages 11–18 · 1,528 pupils · Essex
Ofsted
School remains Good
Attainment 8
43.2
Overall absence
10.5%
Admissions demand
0.91 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-06-09
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.30
−20+2
Attainment 843.2
English & maths grade 5+38%
English & maths grade 4+60%
EBacc entry7%
EBacc APS: 3.4
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence10.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)36.4%
Unauthorised4.8%
- Authorised absence
- 5.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,224
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.91 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
214
Places offered
236
1st-preference offers
197
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 1,103
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 236
- Applications from outside LA
- 68
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 7
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill102%
1,528 pupils · 1,499 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,528
- Boys / girls
- 834 / 694
- School capacity
- 1,499
- Capacity fill
- 1,528 / 1,499 (102%)
- Free school meals
- 19.7%
- FSM pupils
- 230
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: SHENFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- SHENFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Miss Clare Costello
Location
- Address
- Alexander Lane, Shenfield
- Postcode
- CM15 8RY
- Town
- Brentwood
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Brentwood
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Brentwood, Essex, 1,528 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 19.7%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Becket Keys Church of England Free School
Ofsted: Not judgedFree schools · Secondary
Brentwood · CM15 9DA · Essex
Ages 11–19
- Att854.4
- P80.4
- EM5+63%
- Absence5.5%
1.4 miles away
Brentwood County High School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Brentwood · CM14 4JF · Essex
Ages 11–18
- Att841.1
- P8-0.4
- EM5+43%
- Absence7.9%
1.8 miles away
Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Brentwood · CM14 4EX · Essex
Ages 11–18
- Att862.7
- P81.0
- EM5+81%
- Absence5.3%
1.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Clare Costello
- Telephone
- 01277219131