Birchwood High School
Parsonage Lane, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5BD
Local ranking71st of 80 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 41.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 64.2% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 35.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 243
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
2024-25C+
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
- 789 (54%)
- Girls
- 665 (46%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (97% 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- 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: 68.4%
- White Other: 9.4%
- Other: 9.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.8%
- Black Caribbean: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Asian Chinese: 1.3%
68.4%
White British
9.4%
White Other
9.4%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137637
- UKPRN
- 10035666
- Establishment No.
- 4200
- Trust
- BIRCHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL