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Hertfordshire County Council

School

Birchwood High School

Parsonage Lane
Bishop's Stortford
Hertfordshire
CM23 5BD

Telephone: 01279 655936

Email: admin@birchwood.herts.sch.uk

Head teacher: Sam Griffin

School type: Secondary Mixed

School category: Academy

School number: 204

DFE number: 919-4200

Published Admission Number: 240

(how many children this school is admitting)

Number of children on roll: 1425

Free Childcare

2 year old funding: No

30 hours funding: No

Admission rules for a place to start in September 2025

This school is its own admitting authority.

Read Birchwood High School admission rules for 25-26

Admission rules if you want a place at the school to start now

This school is its own admitting authority.

Read Birchwood High School admission rules for 24-25

How were school places allocated in previous years?

What happened in the last 2 years
 20232024

Number of places available

240

240

Number of applications made

826

844

Number of places offered

220

241

Places offered under each rule in 2024
Rules (in rule priority order)2024

Education, Health And Care (EHC) Plan

11

Children looked after

0

Sibling

68

Children of Staff

2

Priority Area

86

Any other applicant

74

Places offered under each rule in 2023
Rules (in rule priority order)2023

Education, Health And Care (EHC) Plan

11

Children looked after

1

Sibling

65

Children of Staff

1

Priority Area

85

Any other applicant

49

Non Ranked Allocation

0

Distance of the furthest child admitted

Please contact the school for further information about distance allocations.

Use our 'Find Your Nearest School' system to identify the "nearest" school to your child's home address, in accordance with Hertfordshire County Council's admission arrangements.

Vacancies (for in year applications)

Yes - there are vacancies in Year 8

Updated: 14 December 2024

Vacancy information is only relevant to in year applications.

Schools aim to update their vacancy information every 2 weeks.

Treat this information as a guide only – the situation can change on a daily basis.

Performance and Ofsted

Performance table for Birchwood High School.

Ofsted report and rating for Birchwood High School.

School officers

Admissions Officer: Jack Dodkins

In Year Admissions Officer: Lucy Smith

Local Authority Attendance Officer: Louiza Demetriou

Key Link Advisor: David Kilgallon

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