The core objective of The Bishop’s Stortford High School is to provide all of its students with the very best educational experience, within a caring, safe and moral environment. Education is about academic excellence, personal fulfilment and moral and spiritual growth and TBSHS prides itself on promoting excellence in all areas, whether in the classroom, or through its outstanding extra-curricular provision.
As a Mathematics and Computing Specialist School, the School has a special focus in these areas, which accordingly informs all of the school’s teaching and learning. TBSHS is a five-form entry all ability School which acquired Grant Maintained status in January 1993 and became a Foundation School in 1999. It admits students aged 11-18 years, accepting only boys up to the age of 16 and admitting boys and girls into the sixth form. There are presently some1100 pupils at the school, including in the order of 330 students in the sixth form of whom some 100 are girls.
The School is oversubscribed notwithstanding strong competition from a number of selective schools. Pupils are drawn not only from Bishop’s Stortford, but also from the surrounding villages and towns. At entry at age 11, pupils join the School from about 40 primary schools in Hertfordshire and Essex. Almost half of the pupils travel five or more miles to reach the School.
The School regards the practice of Christian ethics as fundamental and students learn spiritual and moral values by being part of a community whose life is moulded by such ideals.
The School gained the Investors in People standard in 2002 and a Curriculum Award in 2003.
This website outlines one of the school development projects that are currently underway in the school, it allows those involved to present their thoughts on the use of technologies in school.
