St Martin's School Brentwood
Hanging Hill Lane, Hutton, Brentwood, CM13 2HG
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- DISCOVERY EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Jamie Foster
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Discovery Educational Trust
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,805
- Pupils on roll
- 1,794
- URN
- 136875
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01277238300
About this school
St Martin's School Brentwood is a secondary academy in Brentwood. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,794 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 287 | 284 | 251 |
| Attainment 8 score | 48.7 | 49.2 | 45.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.12 -0.28 to +0.05 | -0.01 -0.18 to +0.15 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% | 53.5% | 45.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 73.6% | 72.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 42% | 40.5% | 39.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How St Martin's School Brentwood has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48.7 | 43.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 49.2 | 41.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.9 | 42.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,867 |
| 2023/24 | 1,776 |
| 2024/25 | 1,711 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Martin's School Brentwood compares
St Martin's School Brentwood ranked 32nd of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.9 | 7.1% | 13.4% | 1,794 | — |
| Shenfield High School | 45.3 | 9% | 19.1% | 1,528 | 1.3 miles |
| Brentwood County High School | 43.2 | 7.9% | 25.4% | 1,097 | 1.6 miles |
| Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School | 61 | 5.2% | 12% | 991 | 1.8 miles |
| Becket Keys Church of England Free School | 56 | 5% | 10.9% | 1,152 | 1.9 miles |
| The Billericay School | 50 | 8.8% | 18.1% | 1,729 | 3.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.35%
- English as an additional language
- 4.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.1%
- Persistent absence
- 19.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Shenfield High School1.3 miles
Secondary · Brentwood
-
Brentwood County High School1.6 miles
Secondary · Brentwood
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Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School1.8 miles
Secondary · Brentwood
-
Becket Keys Church of England Free School1.9 miles
Secondary · Brentwood
-
The Billericay School3.2 miles
Secondary · Billericay
Other schools in Brentwood
St Martin's School Brentwood ranks 3rd of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Brentwood.
- Becket Keys Church of England Free School Secondary
- Brentwood County High School Secondary
- Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School Secondary
- Shenfield High School Secondary
- Bentley St Paul's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Doddinghurst Church of England Junior School Primary
- Doddinghurst Infant School Primary
- Hogarth Primary School Primary
- Holly Trees Primary School Primary
- Hutton All Saints' Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ingrave Johnstone Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does St Martin's School Brentwood teach?
- St Martin's School Brentwood teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Brentwood.
- Who is the headteacher of St Martin's School Brentwood?
- The headteacher of St Martin's School Brentwood is Mr Jamie Foster, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was St Martin's School Brentwood last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Martin's School Brentwood, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is St Martin's School Brentwood?
- St Martin's School Brentwood has 1,794 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is St Martin's School Brentwood full?
- St Martin's School Brentwood has capacity for 1,805 pupils and 1,794 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is St Martin's School Brentwood a faith school?
- No. St Martin's School Brentwood has no designated religious character.
- Is St Martin's School Brentwood a selective school?
- No. St Martin's School Brentwood is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs St Martin's School Brentwood?
- St Martin's School Brentwood is part of DISCOVERY EDUCATIONAL TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have St Martin's School Brentwood's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 48.7 in 2022/23 and 45.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does St Martin's School Brentwood rank locally?
- St Martin's School Brentwood ranked 32nd of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is St Martin's School Brentwood's absence rate?
- St Martin's School Brentwood's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Martin's School Brentwood's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Martin's School Brentwood's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.