The Bishop's Stortford 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 outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 15/03/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.3%, which is 0.7 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address: London Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3LU
Website: http://www.tbshs.org/
Telephone: 01279868686
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Hertfordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Dale Reeve
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 117577

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 15/03/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Boys
School Capacity: 1211
Number of Pupils: 1199
Number of Boys: 1078
Number of Girls: 121

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 4.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.15 Confidence interval -0.05 to 0.36
Of the 156 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 153 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:74%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:99%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:69%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:56.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:5.47
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Thorley Hill Primary School
Park Lane, CM23 3NH 		165 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Richard Whittington Primary School
Thornbera Gardens, CM23 3NP 		690 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Thorn Grove Primary School
Thorn Grove, CM23 5LD 		1,257 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
4out of 4St Michael's Church of England Primary School
Apton Road, CM23 3SN 		1,473 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
4out of 4Windhill21
Windhill, CM23 2NE 		1,602 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4The Bishop's Stortford High School
London Road, CM23 3LU 		0 yd Foundation school No Boys More About School
4out of 4The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College
Warwick Road, CM23 5NJ 		1,495 yd Academy converter No Girls More About School
- not ratedSt Mary's Catholic School
Windhill, CM23 2NQ 		1,792 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
4out of 4Hockerill Anglo-European College
Dunmow Road, CM23 5HX 		1,867 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
3out of 4Birchwood High School
Parsonage Lane, CM23 5BD 		2,611 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed 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 		1,530 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedBishop's Stortford College
10 Maze Green Road, CM23 2PJ 		2,174 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
- not ratedHowe Green House School
Howe Green, Great Hallingbury CM22 7UF 		2,389 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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