Secondary
Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School
St Mary's Lane, Upminster, RM14 2QR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Girls
- Pupils
- 848 of 797 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
- Local authority
- Havering
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- SACRED HEART OF MARY GIRLS' SCHOOL
- Diocese
- Diocese of Brentwood
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 48.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 62.1
- Pupils per adult
- 13.2
- Pupils
- 820
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
70%
7 points above the Upminster average (63% across 4 schools)
62.2
6.9 above the Upminster average (55.3 across 4 schools)
1st of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Upminster we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 62.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.78 |
| Entered the EBacc | 78% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 91% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 70% |
| A level average points per entry | 30 |
| A level students | 92 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 77% |
| 22/23 | 68% |
| 23/24 | 74% |
| 24/25 | 70% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39.2 |
| 22/23 | 34.3 |
| 23/24 | 36.9 |
| 24/25 | 30.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.73 |
| 22/23 | +0.65 |
| 23/24 | +0.71 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 66.2 |
| 22/23 | 57.8 |
| 23/24 | 62.3 |
| 24/25 | 62.2 |
St Mary's Lane, Upminster, RM14 2QR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Havering admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Vivienne Qurrey
- Address
- St Mary's Lane, Upminster, RM14 2QR
- Telephone
- 01708222660