The Bishop's Stortford High School

Foundation schoolSecondaryAges 11–18BoysSixth form

Beaumont Avenue, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 4SH

Headteacher · Mr Dale Reeve

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 30 August 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,279Capacity 1,211

OfstedSchool remains OutstandingInspected 25 May 2023

Free school meals7.1%

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 25 May 2023.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Hertfordshire council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

160 of the 277 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered172

Applications559

First choice277

First-choice offers160

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).