UK Schools
Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School
Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School is a girls' secondary academy in Brentwood, Essex County Council, teaching 991 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in March 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 61 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 19 December 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School.
- 1 Inset Day
- 2 Inset Day
- 3 Phased return of Yrs 7 and 12
- 4 All students return
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 3 Students return
- 7 Inset Day
- 19 Last Day of Autumn Term (Early closure)
- 20–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day (Public Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Public Holiday)
- 1–4 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day (Public Holiday)
- 5 First Day of Spring Term (Students return)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 23 Students return
- 13 Inset Day
- 27 Last Day of Spring Term (Early closure)
- 28–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–12 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday (Public Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
- 13 First Day of Summer Term (Students return)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (Public Holiday)
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday (Public Holiday)
- 1 Students return
- 17 Last Day of Summer Term (Early closure)
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 20 Inset Day (commuted for twilight training)
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday (Public Holiday)
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- Phased return of Yrs 7 and 12 Sep 3, 2025 Event
- All students return Sep 4, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Students return Nov 3, 2025 Event
- Inset Day Nov 7, 2025 Inset Day
- Last Day of Autumn Term (Early closure) Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026 Holiday
- First Day of Spring Term (Students return) Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Students return Feb 23, 2026 Event
- Inset Day Mar 13, 2026 Inset Day
- Last Day of Spring Term (Early closure) Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 28 - Apr 12, 2026 Holiday
- First Day of Summer Term (Students return) Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Students return Jun 1, 2026 Event
- Last Day of Summer Term (Early closure) Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday Jul 18 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day (commuted for twilight training) Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- New Year's Day (Public Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Public Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Public Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday (Public Holiday) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday (Public Holiday) May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday (Public Holiday) Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Public Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Public Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School with Essex County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 61 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 35 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school Essex County Council England
Attendance 13.2% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Essex County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 100% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 91% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.