Forest Hall School
Forest Hall Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, CM24 8TZ
506 pupils · 78% of 648 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- BMAT EDUCATION
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 30.7%
Ofsted
Needs attention (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 10 February 2026, published 19 April 2026. 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 | 40.6 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 34.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 60.3% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 46.2% |
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?
Usually has places available — 0.85 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 116 | 99 | 329 | 116 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 99 | 62 | 281 | 95 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 79 | 71 | 253 | 79 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 88 | 71 | 262 | 83 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 115 | 83 | 297 | 108 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 96 | 71 | 252 | 86 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 89 | 75 | 268 | 85 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 104 | 92 | 246 | 104 |
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
- Birchwood High School 2.8 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Hockerill Anglo-European College 3.6 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College 3.8 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Avanti Grange Secondary School 4 km · No overall grade (2025)
- St Mary's Catholic School 4.5 km · No overall grade (2024)
- The Bishop's Stortford High School 6.2 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2023 · 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.