Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Brentwood, Essex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Essex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School is a secondary school in Brentwood, Essex for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 March 2023. Essex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Brentwood Ursuline Convent High 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 | Not published |
| Year 7 2023 | Not published |
| Year 7 2022 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026 there were 134 first-choice applications for 175 offers; 116 offers went to first-choice families, and 18 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- 189 of the 515 Year 7 2026 applications (37%) came from families living outside Essex; 77 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 78% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Essex.
- The 2024/25 Attainment 8 score was 61 (England 46), and the A level average grade was B- (England B-).
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
- Queen's Road, Brentwood, CM14 4EX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 991 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School (BUCHS) benefit from very high expectations of what they can achieve.”
- “They learn a coherent and meticulously planned curriculum.”
- “Pupils develop strong levels of self-motivation in their learning.”
To improve
- “While still effective, this is slightly less well planned in the sixth form.”
- “That said, leaders do not ensure that all pupils get one-to-one advice from a careers professional.”
- “In the sixth form, not all students get the help they need to have meaningful experience of the world of work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 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) | 78% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 61 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | 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: 134 first-preference applications, 175 offers in total, 116 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.
- Brentwood County High School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Becket Keys Church of England Free School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Martin's School Brentwood 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shenfield High School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Billericay School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Anglo European School 5.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Mayflower High School 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The James Hornsby School 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published