Secondary
Forest Hall School
Forest Hall Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, CM24 8TZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 506 of 648 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.7
- Local authority
- Essex
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
- Trust
- BMAT EDUCATION
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 47.0
- Pupils per adult
- 10.6
- Pupils
- 496
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 February 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
November 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
January 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
35%
9 points below the Essex average (44% across 76 schools)
40.6
5.3 below the Essex average (45.9 across 76 schools)
57th of 76 by our score, among the secondary schools in Essex we can score - 88 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 40.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.56 |
| Entered the EBacc | 46% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% |
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 | 43% |
| 22/23 | 41% |
| 23/24 | 39% |
| 24/25 | 35% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.23 |
| 22/23 | -0.41 |
| 23/24 | +0.27 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.6 |
| 22/23 | 38.5 |
| 23/24 | 44.1 |
| 24/25 | 40.6 |
Forest Hall Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, CM24 8TZ
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.
Essex 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
- Dustin Schuyler
- Address
- Forest Hall Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, CM24 8TZ
- Telephone
- 01279813384