Forest Hall School is a secondary school located in Stansted Mountfitchet. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's quality of education and outcomes for pupils good, overall effectiveness and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 18/01/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.8%, which is 0.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Forest Hall Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, CM24 8TZ
Website: https://www.foresthallschool.org/
Telephone: 01279813384
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Essex
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Matt Carter
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 141328

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 18/01/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 660
Number of Pupils: 487
Number of Boys: 265
Number of Girls: 222

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.09 Confidence interval -0.39 to 0.21
Of the 78 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 70 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:28%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:92%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:26%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:39.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.27
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary School
Hampton Road, CM24 8FE
748 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Magna Carta Primary Academy
St John's Road, CM24 8JP
1,369 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Birchanger Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Birchwood, Birchanger CM23 5QL
1,631 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Bentfield Primary School and Nursery
Rainsford Road, Stansted Mountfitchet CM24 8DX
2,132 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Elsenham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
High Street, Elsenham CM22 6DD
3,154 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4Forest Hall School
Forest Hall Road, CM24 8TZ
0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Birchwood High School
Parsonage Lane, CM23 5BD
3,046 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.