St Mark's West Essex Catholic School is a secondary school located in Harlow. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 04/07/2013. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.8%, which is 1.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Tripton Road, Harlow, CM18 6AA
Website: http://www.st-marks.essex.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01279421267
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Essex
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Elaine Heaphy
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137058

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 04/07/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1120
Number of Pupils: 1042
Number of Boys: 519
Number of Girls: 523

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 13.7% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.16 Confidence interval -0.38 to 0.07
Of the 143 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 128 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:52%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:99%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:35%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.03
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
William Martin Church of England Junior School
Tawneys Road , CM18 6PN 		3out of 4 524 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
The Downs Primary School and Nursery
The Hides , CM20 3RB 		3out of 4 657 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Freshwaters Primary Academy
School Lane , CM20 3QA 		3out of 4 980 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Abbotsweld Primary Academy
Partridge Road , CM18 6TE 		3out of 4 1,002 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
William Martin Church of England Infant and Nursery School
Tawneys Road , CM18 6PN 		3out of 4 1,056 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mark's West Essex Catholic School
Tripton Road , CM18 6AA 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Bmat Stem Academy
Velizy Avenue , CM20 3EZ 		2out of 4 692 yd University technical college No Mixed More About School
Sir Frederick Gibberd College
Tendring Road , CM18 6RN 		- not rated 719 yd Free schools Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Burnt Mill Academy
First Avenue , CM20 2NR 		4out of 4 1,542 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Passmores Academy
Tracyes Road , CM18 6JH 		3out of 4 1,762 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Harlow College
Velizy Avenue , CM20 3LH 		- not rated 799 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Harlow Fields School and College
Tendring Road , CM18 6RN 		3out of 4 624 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Beckmead Moundwood Academy
Commonside Road , CM18 7EZ 		- not rated 1,714 yd Free schools alternative provision No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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