UK Schools
The Bishop's Stortford High School
The Bishop's Stortford High School is a boys' local-authority maintained secondary school in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire County Council, teaching 1,279 pupils aged 11 to 18. Its last Ofsted inspection in May 2023 found the school remains Outstanding. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 60.2 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Bishop's Stortford High School.
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The Bishop's Stortford High School.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term 3rd September 2025 - 19th December 2025 Term
- Inset Day (Staff only in school) 3rd September 2025 Inset Day
- Year 7 & 12 only in School 4th September 2025 Event
- Whole School Returns 5th September 2025 Event
- Inset Day (Staff only in school) 19th September 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term 27th October 2025 - 31st October 2025 Holiday
- Occasional Day (School closed) 28th November 2025 Event
- End of Autumn Term 19th December 2025 Term
- Spring Term 5th January 2026 - 27th March 2026 Term
- Inset Day (Staff only in school) 5th January 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Half Term 16th February 2026 - 20th February 2026 Holiday
- End of Spring Term 27th March 2026 Term
- Two-week break between Autumn and Spring Term Christmas Holiday Holiday
- Two-week break between Spring and Summer Term Easter Holiday Holiday
- Six-week break from late July to early September Summer Holiday Holiday
- Bank Holiday: New Year's Day 1st January Holiday
- Bank Holiday Good Friday Holiday
- Bank Holiday Easter Monday Holiday
- Bank Holiday: Early May First Monday in May Holiday
- Bank Holiday: Spring Last Monday in May Holiday
- Bank Holiday: Summer Last Monday in August Holiday
- Bank Holiday: Christmas Day 25th December Holiday
- Bank Holiday: Boxing Day 26th December Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Bishop's Stortford High School with Hertfordshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 60.2 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 35.7 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 12.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 99% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 93% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for The Bishop's Stortford High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to The Bishop's Stortford High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.