The Bishop's Stortford High School
school in Hertfordshire, UK
The Bishop's Stortford High School (often abbreviated to TBSHS) is a comprehensive secondary school, with a coeducational sixth form, in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. The school admits boys aged 11 to 16 in the first five years, with a mixed sixth form of boys and girls aged 16 to 18. The school has specialisms in Mathematics and Computing, focusing on these areas as well as music, drama and sport, possessing state-of-the-art in-house computing facilities and providing assistance to local schools in this area. The current Headmaster, Mr D. Reeve, was appointed in January 2014.
In September 2024, the school moved to an all new purpose-built site on the nearby new development, St. James' Park from its original site at London Road. After a delayed start to term the school officially welcomed the first students on Friday 6 September 2024.
History
The school first opened in the 1950's as Bishops Stortford Secondary Modern. From the 1980s onwards the school extensively added to its original buildings under the then headmaster Ian Shaw; a dedicated Sixth Form Centre was built and the Turing Suite (an extensive computing and ICT facility, named after Alan Turing) was constructed. A drama studio named 'Broadway' and an on-site sports pavilion were also added to the school, in addition to the set of playing fields at Jobber's Wood.
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