Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School
St Mary's Lane, Upminster, RM14 2QR
848 pupils · 106% of 797 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- SACRED HEART OF MARY GIRLS' SCHOOL
- Local authority
- Havering
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 14%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 1 October 2024, published 10 November 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 62.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 70% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 90.8% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 77.5% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.43 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 119 | 170 | 475 | 119 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 119 | 145 | 399 | 119 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 119 | 175 | 404 | 119 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 120 | 160 | 397 | 120 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 119 | 152 | 380 | 119 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 119 | 149 | 381 | 119 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 119 | 152 | 392 | 119 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 116 | 174 | 406 | 116 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Coopers' Company and Coborn School 1.2 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- Gaynes School 1.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Emerson Park Academy 1.4 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Hall Mead School 1.5 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Sanders Draper 2.1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College 2.5 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.