Forest Hall School

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Forest Hall Road
Stansted Mountfitchet
Essex
CM24 8TZ
Phone 01279813384
Reference Number 141328

General Makeup

Number of pupils 496
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.99%
Girls: 51.01%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 30.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 19

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 49 48 97
8 52 51 103
9 44 58 102
10 43 44 87
11 55 52 107

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 86.9%
White, Other 2.6%
White & Asian 1.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.2%
African 1.2%
Unclassified 1%
Mixed, Other 1%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
Irish 0.8%
Chinese 0.4%
Asian, Other 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-01-17
Date Description Report
2021-11-18 School inspection: School inspection:
2018-01-17 Full inspection: Full inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 39.3% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 57.9% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 74 7
Third Preference 39 0
From another Local Authority 8 2

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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