Birchwood High School

Academy converter · Secondary school · Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

CM23 5BD

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

57.6

Simplified comparison — how this is calculated. A higher score doesn’t mean a better school for every child.

#1,489

National rank

#164

In East of England

#50

In Hertfordshire

Top 48%

Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score ?

46.1

National avg ≈ 46

Progress 8 score ?

—

Why no data?

% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths ?

42%

% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths ?

64%

% EBacc grade 5+ ?

18%

EBacc average points score

4.02

Attainment 8 (year-on-year) 48.1 → 46.1 ▼ 2.0 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 1,454 % FSM ever-6 20.1% % EAL 12.6% Age range 11–18 Gender Mixed Religious character

Official sources

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Location

Nearby secondary schools

Hockerill Anglo-European College Bishop's Stortford · 0.5 mi 77.1 The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College Bishop's Stortford · 0.7 mi 79.5 St Mary's Catholic School Bishop's Stortford · 1.2 mi 72.0 Leventhorpe Sawbridgeworth · 4.0 mi 62.0