Birchwood High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5BD
- Distance
- 2.8km away
Forest Hall School
Forest Hall Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, CM24 8TZ
Local ranking51st of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
648
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 40.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 34.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 46.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.6 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 78
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 472
- Boys
- 234 (50%)
- Girls
- 238 (50%)
- Capacity
- 648 (73% full)
- SEND
- 31.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.3%
- EAL
- 5.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 9.1%
- SEN Support
- 22.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,104/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 37.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 88.5%
- White Other: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Black African: 0.8%
88.5%
White British
3.0%
White Other
1.5%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Forest Hall Road
Stansted Mountfitchet, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 141328
- UKPRN
- 10047446
- Establishment No.
- 4015
- Trust
- BMAT EDUCATION
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