St Mark's West Essex Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Harlow, Essex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Essex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2022–2025 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St Mark's West Essex Catholic School is a secondary school in Harlow, Essex for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 February 2023. Essex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Mark's West Essex Catholic School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026 there were 197 first-choice applications for 180 offers; 173 offers went to first-choice families and 24 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 39% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Essex.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was D+ (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was below average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Essex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Tripton Road, Harlow, CM18 6AA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,099 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 February 2023
Strengths
- “Expectations of pupils at St Mark’s are high.”
- “They celebrate their achievements and those of others.”
- “Pupils are consistently respectful and polite.”
To improve
- “While the sixth-form curriculum is in most cases as effective as that in the rest of the school, for a significant part of the independent study programme, the guidance, content and expectations are not clear enough.”
- “This results in sixth-form students not achieving as well as they should.”
- “The expectations for how well sixth-form students will achieve do not consistently reflect the expectations in place throughout the rest of the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 197 first-preference applications, 180 offers in total, 173 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Essex.
- Bmat Stem Academy 0.4 mi Good
- Sir Frederick Gibberd College 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Burnt Mill Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Passmores Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stewards Academy - Science Specialist, Harlow 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Mark Hall Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Epping St John's Church of England School 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy 6.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published