Birchwood High School is a secondary school located in Bishop's Stortford. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 28/06/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.4%, which is 1.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Parsonage Lane, Bishop's Stortford

School Information

Address: Parsonage Lane, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5BD
Website: http://www.birchwoodonline.co.uk/
Telephone: 01279655936
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Hertfordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Dr Chris Ingate
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137637

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 28/06/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1500
Number of Pupils: 1365
Number of Boys: 726
Number of Girls: 639

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.07 Confidence interval -0.24 to 0.1
Of the 232 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 222 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:52%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:98%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:39%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:46.5
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.17
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Summercroft Primary School
Plaw Hatch Close, CM23 5BJ 		194 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery, Bishop's Stortford
Parsonage Lane, CM23 5BE 		494 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Thorn Grove Primary School
Thorn Grove, CM23 5LD 		1,374 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Birchanger Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Birchwood, Birchanger CM23 5QL 		1,472 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
4out of 4Windhill21
Windhill, CM23 2NE 		2,098 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Birchwood High School
Parsonage Lane, CM23 5BD 		0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
4out of 4Hockerill Anglo-European College
Dunmow Road, CM23 5HX 		920 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
4out of 4The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College
Warwick Road, CM23 5NJ 		1,157 yd Academy converter No Girls More About School
- not ratedSt Mary's Catholic School
Windhill, CM23 2NQ 		2,197 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
4out of 4The Bishop's Stortford High School
London Road, CM23 3LU 		2,611 yd Foundation school No Boys More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedWhite Trees Independent School
13a London Road, Bishops Stortford CM23 5NA 		1,987 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedBishop's Stortford College
10 Maze Green Road, CM23 2PJ 		2,653 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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