Birchwood High School
Parsonage Lane, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5BD
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: Yes
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,417 (770 boys, 647 girls)
- Capacity: 1500
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 15.8%
- Telephone: 01279655936
- Ofsted: Good (27 Jun 2019); inspected again 21 Jan 2025, no overall grade
- Attainment 8: 45.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 606 applications, 174 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Hertfordshire
- Summercroft Primary School (0.1 miles, straight line)
- All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery, Bishop's Stortford (0.3 miles, straight line)
- Hockerill Anglo-European College (0.5 miles, straight line)
- The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College (0.7 miles, straight line)
- Thorn Grove Primary School (0.8 miles, straight line)
- St Mary's Catholic School (1.2 miles, straight line)
