St Martin's School Brentwood, Brentwood

In its own words: "My name is Jamie Foster and I am delighted to introduce you to St Martin’s School. It is a very special school that must be seen to be fully appreciated. The individual development of our pupils is a personal journey where they have every chance possible to succeed and flourish."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include coding, debating and homework club.

In 2026, pupils at St Martin's School Brentwood averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.5 in Essex and 47 across England.

55% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 45% in Essex and 47% in England.

That is up from 45.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.01: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.8, against 52 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 289 families put St Martin's School Brentwood as their first choice and 1178 named it as one of their preferences, for 316 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 32 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Martin's School Brentwood are Shenfield High School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.4); Brentwood County High School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.7); Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 63.2); and Becket Keys Church of England Free School (1.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 55.5).

St Martin's School Brentwood's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

St Martin's School Brentwood is one of 5 schools run by Discovery Educational Trust, an academy trust.

468 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Martin's School Brentwood (as of September 2025): 85% would recommend the school, 90% say their child is happy there and 58% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (92%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (58%).

Of the 284 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 35% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 189 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 52% went on to university or other higher education, 9% to apprenticeships and 23% into work. 18% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

12.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 4.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (74%), Black (8%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 197 pupils (11%) received SEN support and 29 (1.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Shenfield Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Martins School (adjacent), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Martin's School Brentwood stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, St Martin's School Brentwood issued 295 suspensions, 17.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to St Martin's School Brentwood are Willowbrook Primary School (0.7 miles), St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles), Hutton All Saints' Church of England Primary School (0.9 miles) and Long Ridings Primary School (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.