The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Warwick Road
Bishop's Stortford
Hertfordshire
CM23 5NJ
Phone 01279654127
Reference Number 140786

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1450
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 9.86%
Girls: 90.14%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 5.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 15.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 Unknown 186 186
8 Unknown 188 188
9 Unknown 187 187
10 Unknown 193 193
11 Unknown 185 185
12 76 194 270
13 67 174 241

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 62.8%
White, Other 8.8%
Chinese 4.8%
African 4.1%
White & Asian 3.6%
Mixed, Other 3.5%
Indian 3.4%
Pakistani 2.3%
Asian, Other 1.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.2%
White & Black (African) 0.9%
Unclassified 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
63.6 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 75.7% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 91.4% Unlock Unlock

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

Sample

Unlock

GCSE Results

Sample

Unlock

Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 40.67 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 40.73 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) B B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 22.9% Unlock Unlock

2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Unlock Unlock
Second Preference 159 18
Third Preference 101 6
From another Local Authority 222 33

Previous Years

Sample

Unlock

Destinations after GCSE's

Staying in Education Unlock
 >  Further Education Unlock
 >  School Sixth Form Unlock
 >  Sixth Form College Unlock
 >  Other Education Unlock
Apprenticeships Unlock
Employment Unlock
Not in education or employment Unlock
Unknown Unlock

Name Distance
Thorn Grove Primary School
Thorn Grove, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5LD
0.26 miles
All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery, Bishop's Stortford
Parsonage Lane, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5BE
0.55 miles
Summercroft Primary School
Plaw Hatch Close, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5BJ
0.56 miles
St Michael's Church of England Primary School
St Michael's CE Primary School, Apton Road, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 3SN
0.66 miles
Windhill21
Windhill, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2NE
0.67 miles
Thorley Hill Primary School
Park Lane, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 3NH
0.88 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S
Great Hadham Road, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2NL
0.93 miles
Northgate Primary School
Cricketfield Lane, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2RL
1.08 miles
Richard Whittington Primary School
Thornbera Gardens, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 3NP
1.09 miles
Manor Fields Primary School
Penningtons, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 4LE
1.43 miles
Hillmead Primary School
Woburn Avenue, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 4PW
1.45 miles
Avanti Meadows Primary School
Farnham Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 1FQ
1.47 miles
Birchanger Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Birchwood, Birchanger, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5QL
1.47 miles
Avanti Brook Primary School
Newland Avenue, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2UW
1.6 miles
Howe Green House School
Howe Green, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, CM22 7UF
1.65 miles
Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Wrights Green Lane, Little Hallingbury, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM22 7RE
2.24 miles
St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary School
Hampton Road, Stansted, Essex, CM24 8FE
2.24 miles
Spellbrook CofE Primary School
London Road, Spellbrook, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 4BA
2.4 miles
Farnham Church of England Primary School
Farnham, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 1HR
2.64 miles
Magna Carta Primary Academy
St John's Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, CM24 8JP
2.73 miles
Name Distance
Hockerill Anglo-European College
Dunmow Road, Hockerill Anglo-European College, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5HX
0.23 miles
White Trees Independent School
13a London Road, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5NA
0.6 miles
Birchwood High School
Parsonage Lane, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5BD
0.66 miles
St Mary's Catholic School
Windhill, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2NQ
0.77 miles
Bishop's Stortford College
School House, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2PQ
1.06 miles
Avanti Grange Secondary School
Newland Avenue, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2BD
1.44 miles
The Bishop's Stortford High School
Beaumont Avenue, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 4SH
1.46 miles
Forest Hall School
Forest Hall Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8TZ
2.39 miles
Leventhorpe
Cambridge Road, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 9BY
3.37 miles
St Elizabeth's School
South End, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, SG10 6EW
4.35 miles
Filters

Basics

Age Range

Special Schools

Independent Schools

Faith Schools

Key Stage 2 Attainment

Students Meeting expected standard

Students Meeting higher standard

GCSE Attainment

Attainment 8 score percentile

Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

Bootstrap