St Mark's West Essex Catholic School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Harlow, CM18 6AA
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Passmores Academy
Tracyes Road, Harlow, CM18 6JH
Local ranking68th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 15 February 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 36.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 22.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 46.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 237
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1205
- Boys
- 609 (51%)
- Girls
- 590 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (100% full)
- SEND
- 25.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.9%
- EAL
- 7.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.1%
- SEN Support
- 19.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 80.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,751/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 76.9%
- White Other: 8.8%
- Black African: 3.1%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Asian Chinese: 0.9%
76.9%
White British
8.8%
White Other
3.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Tracyes Road
Harlow, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137445
- UKPRN
- 10035020
- Establishment No.
- 4323
- Trust
- THE PASSMORES CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING COMMUNITY
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