Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School
St Mary's Lane, Upminster, RM14 2QR
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- SACRED HEART OF MARY GIRLS' SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Ms Vivienne Qurrey
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Diocese of Brentwood
- Constituency
- Hornchurch and Upminster
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 797
- Pupils on roll
- 848
- URN
- 137233
- Local authority
- Havering
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01708222660
About this school
Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School is a Roman Catholic girls' secondary academy in Upminster. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 848 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 120 | 121 | 120 |
| Attainment 8 score | 57.8 | 62.3 | 62.2 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.65 +0.40 to +0.91 | +0.71 +0.45 to +0.96 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 68% | 73.6% | 70% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 88% | 90.1% | 90.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 78% | 67.8% | 77.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
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 Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Havering average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57.8 | 43.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 62.3 | 43.7 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 62.2 | 43.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 834 |
| 2023/24 | 820 |
| 2024/25 | 829 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School compares
Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School ranked 1st of 18 secondary schools in Havering for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 95% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62.2 | 5% | 12.9% | 848 | — |
| The Coopers' Company and Coborn School | 58.2 | 5.7% | 5.8% | 1,568 | 0.7 miles |
| Gaynes School | 50.7 | 6% | 25.2% | 501 | 0.8 miles |
| Emerson Park Academy | 44.7 | 7.8% | 21.9% | 1,020 | 0.9 miles |
| Hall Mead School | 50.1 | 5.7% | 13.3% | 1,068 | 0.9 miles |
| Sanders Draper | 44.4 | 5.6% | 26.1% | 732 | 1.3 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)
- 12.89%
- English as an additional language
- 25.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.03%
- Persistent absence
- 10.95%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Coopers' Company and Coborn School0.7 miles
Secondary · Upminster
-
Gaynes School0.8 miles
Secondary · Upminster
-
Emerson Park Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Hornchurch
-
Hall Mead School0.9 miles
Secondary · Upminster
-
Sanders Draper1.3 miles
Secondary · Hornchurch
Other schools in Upminster
- Gaynes School Secondary
- Hall Mead School Secondary
- The Coopers' Company and Coborn School Secondary
- Branfil Primary School Primary
- Engayne Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
- The James Oglethorpe Primary School Primary
- Upminster Infant School Primary
- Upminster Junior School Primary
- Corbets Tey School Special schools
- Oakfields Preparatory School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School teach?
- Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Upminster.
- Who is the headteacher of Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School?
- The headteacher of Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School is Ms Vivienne Qurrey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School?
- Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School has 848 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School full?
- Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School has capacity for 797 pupils and 848 on roll (106%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School a faith school?
- Yes. Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Diocese of Brentwood.
- Is Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School a selective school?
- No. Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School part of an academy trust?
- Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School is part of SACRED HEART OF MARY GIRLS' SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 57.8 in 2022/23 and 62.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School compare with other schools in Havering?
- Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School ranked 1st of 18 secondary schools in Havering for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 95% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School's absence rate?
- Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School'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.