The Bishop's Stortford High School, Bishop's Stortford

From the headteacher's welcome: "The Bishop’s Stortford High School Beaumont Avenue Bishop’s Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4SH"

In 2026, pupils at The Bishop's Stortford High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 58.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.6 in Hertfordshire and 47 across England.

73% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 53% in Hertfordshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 60.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.23: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 48, against 59.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Business Studies and History.

For September 2026 entry, 277 families put The Bishop's Stortford High School as their first choice and 559 named it as one of their preferences, for 172 places offered. That is 1.6 first choices for every place. 117 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Bishop's Stortford High School are TLC Live Online School (1.2 miles); St Mary's Catholic School (1.4 miles, Attainment 8 56.8); The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College (1.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 62); and Hockerill Anglo-European College (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 62.3).

The Bishop's Stortford High School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Of the 168 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 29% to a further education college and 3% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 192 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 48% went on to university or other higher education, 12% to apprenticeships and 23% into work. 34% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

6.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 8.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (74%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 125 pupils (9.8%) received SEN support and 21 (1.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Bishop's Stortford Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School (outside), 250 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Bishop's Stortford High School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 7th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 79 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Hertfordshire (138).

In 2024/25, The Bishop's Stortford High School issued 51 suspensions, 4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Bishop's Stortford High School are Richard Whittington Primary School (0.5 miles), Thorley Hill Primary School (0.6 miles), Manor Fields Primary School (0.9 miles) and Spellbrook CofE Primary School (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.