# Birchwood High School

Birchwood High School is a secondary school in East Hertfordshire, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 1,417 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E137637. [East Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,417
- Council: East Hertfordshire
- URN: 137637

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 21 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Birchwood High School was 45.5, against 51.8 in East Hertfordshire and 46.2 in England.
44.2% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | East Hertfordshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 45.5 | 51.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44.2% | 55.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65.3% | 74.8% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 265 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Summercroft Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/summercroft-primary-school-e137351): 180 m. Primary. School remains Good, December 2022. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery, Bishop's Stortford](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-saints-church-of-england-primary-school-and-nursery-bishops-stortford-e117472): 450 m. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Hockerill Anglo-European College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hockerill-anglo-european-college-e136482): 840 m. Secondary. Good (overall), June 2022. Attainment 8 of 62.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-hertfordshire-and-essex-high-school-and-science-college-e140786): 1.1 km. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023. Attainment 8 of 62.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Thorn Grove Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thorn-grove-primary-school-e117277): 1.3 km. Primary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Birchanger Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birchanger-church-of-england-voluntary-controlled-primary-school-e115127): 1.3 km. Primary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/137637)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/137637)

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