St Mary's Catholic School

Term dates

This school's own term dates broadly match Hertfordshire council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 147 families put this school as their first choice, and 182 places were offered. 139 of the families who put it first got a place (95%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 8 October 2024. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024).

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Sixth form

Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1106 (capacity 1029)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Archdiocese of Westminster

Academy trust

ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

01279654901

Address

Windhill, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2NQ

Website

stmarys.net

Official school record, including Ofsted reports