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The Bishop's Stortford High School

Foundation secondary school in Bishop's Stortford (Hertfordshire).

Attainment 8
58.8
▲ 12.6 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
72.6%
▲ 26pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
94.8%
▲ 3pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
17.4
▲ 0.7 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
6.3%
▼ 21pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
10.7%
▼ 4pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
106%
1,279 / 1,211 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
Ungraded inspection
inspected May 2023

Location

iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).

About

iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).

The Bishop's Stortford High School is a secondary school located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. The school caters for boys pupils aged 11 to 18. The Headteacher is Dale Reeve.

Enrichment

33 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Advertisement
  • Budget manager and fund raiser
  • Directing and casting crew
  • Back stage team
  • Set designers
  • Lighting Sound design
  • Girls Football
  • Boys Football
  • Boys Rugby
  • Girls Rugby
  • Cricket
  • Cross-country
  • Softball
  • Netball
  • Volleyball
  • Dodgeball

and 17 more

Awards

1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Duke of EdinburghPersonal development

Key facts

URN
117577
Type
Foundation school
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11 to 18
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Non-selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Governing body (16 current, 2 former)

Maintained school governing body.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mrs Katie BeaglesChair of GovernorsAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029

Full governing body

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Antony O'SullivanGovernorElected by school staffsince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Paul B ScottGovernorNominated by LA and appointed by GBsince 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Josephine CowleyGovernorElected by parentssince 2026 · until 2030
Emily BulmanGovernorElected by parentssince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Tom MandersonGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Katie BeaglesGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Neil StoreyGovernorElected by parentssince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Michael WoolmanGovernorElected by parentssince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Tim FaircloughGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Cliff O'ReillyGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Alan James FordhamGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Phillip GodfreyGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Andrew SneddonGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Ian JamesGovernorElected by parentssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Stephen TaylorGovernorElected by parentssince 2022 · until 2030
Mr Graham McAndrew FormerGovernorNominated by LA and appointed by GBsince 2025 · term ended 2025
Mr Steven Hammond FormerGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · term ended 2026

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 1 November 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record