Birchwood High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- 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 ranking39th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
648
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 10 February 2026. Figures last updated .
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
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 41.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 58.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 98
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
- 254 (50%)
- Girls
- 252 (50%)
- Capacity
- 648 (78% 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
*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
- 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
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- 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
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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