Hockerill Anglo-European College
Ofsted: Good
Score
B72
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5HX
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Birchwood High School
Parsonage Lane, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5BD
Local ranking59th of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 21 January 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 265
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 47.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 33.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
79
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 10.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 240
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1454
- Boys
- 770 (54%)
- Girls
- 647 (46%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (94% full)
- SEND
- 12.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.1%
- EAL
- 12.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 9.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 86.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,952/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 75.8%
- White Other: 10.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.0%
- Black African: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Asian Chinese: 1.4%
- Asian Indian: 1.4%
75.8%
White British
10.4%
White Other
2.0%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Parsonage Lane
Bishop's Stortford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137637
- UKPRN
- 10035666
- Establishment No.
- 4200
- Trust
- BIRCHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
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