St Martin's School BrentwoodShenfield High School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Brentwood.

Summary of the comparison

St Martin's School Brentwood and Shenfield High School are secondary schools in Brentwood.

  • St Martin's School Brentwood scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Shenfield High School scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Martin's School Brentwood is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Martin's School Brentwood was judged the expected standard and Shenfield High School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 45.9 for St Martin's School Brentwood and 45.3 for Shenfield High School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at St Martin's School Brentwood (51.7 in 2021-22, 45.9 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Shenfield High School (49.6 in 2021-22, 45.3 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Martin's School Brentwood versus Shenfield High School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BrentwoodSt Martin's School BrentwoodBrentwoodShenfield High SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC60/100Stronger figureC55/100
Local ranking24th of 80 in Essex Stronger figure41st of 80 in Essex
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,711 1,524
Capacity1,805 1,499
LocationBrentwood, CM13 2HG Brentwood, CM15 8RY
GCSE results
Attainment 845.9 Stronger figure45.3 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths45.4% Stronger figure40.3% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths72.5% Stronger figure63.9% 64.8%
Entering EBacc39.4% Stronger figure13.7% 40.5%
EBacc average point score3.99 Stronger figure3.67 4.09
Cohort251 233
A-level results
A-level entries137 117
A-level average points34.0 37.0 Stronger figure35.0
A-level average gradeC+ B-
Best 3 A-levels points34.5 36.6 Stronger figure35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects10.7% Stronger figure6.7% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,711 1,524
Free school meals (ever 6)13.3% 19.1%
English as an additional language4.7% 4.3%
SEN support10.4% 14.0%
SEN with an EHC plan1.5% 2.8%
Attendance
Overall absence7.1% Stronger figure9.0% 6.2%
Persistent absence19.4% Stronger figure24.0% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Martin's School Brentwood

Shenfield High School

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