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Forest Hall School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Forest Hall Road, Stansted Mountfitchet CM24 8TZ · foresthallschool.org · 01279 813384
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Feb 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 40.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Essex 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 506
- 78% of 648 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 30.7%
- First language not English
- 5.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Bmat Education
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 99 families put the school first and 116 places were offered; 88% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 116 | 99 | 0.9 | 88% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 99 | 62 | 0.6 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 79 | 71 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 88 | 71 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 115 | 83 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.6, and 34.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Essex it was 45.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼40.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼34.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼60.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲46.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.56 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 27.1 | −6.2 |
| Sixth form college | 0.9 | — |
| Further education | 56.1 | +3.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.9 | −0.1 |
| Employment | 4.7 | +0.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.7 | −2.4 |
| Activity not captured | 5.6 | +3.6 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Forest Hall School on 10 February 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 10 Feb 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 115222), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115222)
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (106 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Positive
- 82%
- Replies
- 106
- 23% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on 24 parents (23%) whose child was bullied
based on 46 parents (43%) with SEND