The Bishop's Stortford High School
Secondary · Foundation school · Boys · Hertfordshire
Beaumont Avenue, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 4SH
80
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
62%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.8%
12.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,279
Capacity used
Over capacity106%
1,211 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
62%
1st preference success rate
152 of 246 families who put it first got an offer
174
Places offered
558
Total applications
3.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 246 | 152 | ● 62% |
| 2nd preference | 172 | 20 | ● 12% |
| 3rd preference | 87 | 2 | ● 2% |
| 4th preference | 53 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 558 | 174 | 31% |
1st preference success by year
Hertfordshire lets families list 4 preferences. 225 applications came from outside the council area (43 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Dale Reeve
- Address
- Beaumont Avenue, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 4SH
- Phone
- 01279868686
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Bishop's Stortford South · Hertford and Stortford
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 117577
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 7% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 8% | — | — |
| SEN support | 8% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,279 pupils · 1,211 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
25 May 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 886 pupils
Attendance
94.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
12.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.4%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 56.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.23 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 69% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 89% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.40 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 33.06 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 60.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 69.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 87% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 82.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.89 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 169 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 35.7 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 18% | 17% |
| A-level students | 198 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 169 | 42% | 79% | 92% | |
| English Language | 169 | 19% | 66% | 87% | |
| English Literature | 167 | 28% | 73% | 90% | |
| Combined Science | 120 | 25% | 66% | 88% | |
| German | 95 | 33% | 73% | 82% | |
| Geography | 80 | 60% | 86% | 91% | |
| History | 77 | 47% | 81% | 84% | |
| Business | 70 | 27% | 70% | 87% | |
| French | 61 | 51% | 84% | 92% | |
| Physical Education | 56 | 11% | 70% | 79% | |
| Biology | 48 | 81% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 48 | 83% | 98% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 78 | 10% | 33% | 49% | |
| Biology | 46 | 7% | 26% | 48% | |
| Chemistry | 44 | 5% | 20% | 45% | |
| Psychology | 42 | 0% | 26% | 60% | |
| Business Studies | 40 | 3% | 28% | 57% | |
| Physics | 38 | 8% | 24% | 39% | |
| History | 35 | 0% | 43% | 80% | |
| Physical Education / Sports Studies | 30 | 0% | 13% | 20% | |
| Economics | 27 | 7% | 41% | 78% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 21 | 0% | 19% | 48% | |
| Sociology | 20 | 0% | 5% | 45% | |
| Geography | 19 | 11% | 42% | 74% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 16080: The Bishop's Stortford High School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 7 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 63% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 5% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 64% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Hertfordshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.