Herefordshire Schools and Education

There are 106 schools in Herefordshire (excluding independent schools), including 79 primary schools, 15 secondary schools, and 4 serving sixth-form education. Herefordshire has 1 schools with Pupil Referral Unit places, and none with places for teen mothers. There are no schools in Herefordshire under Special Measures.

Primary Schools Secondary Schools Sixth Forms Pupils Referral Units

Herefordshire Education Profile

The median school in Herefordshire has 14% of its pupils entitled to free schools meals, the 10th lowest figure in England. This represents about 3,000 pupils, or approximately 1 in 7 of Herefordshire's pupils. Looking at the number of pupils per teacher, the median ratio for Herefordshire is 17.94 school children per full-time equivalent teacher. This is the 2nd lowest ratio in England, and the lowest pupil/teacher ratio in the West Midlands region of the UK.

The 1 schools in Herefordshire operating with pupil referral units offer 80 PRU places to the local area.

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Hereford has the largest number of schools in Herefordshire, 25 in total. This is followed by Leominster with 5 schools, and Ross-on-Wye with 4 schools.

Primaries

79

14% Outstanding • 78% Good

Secondaries

15

6.67% Outstanding • 60% Good

Sixth Forms

4

25% Outstanding • 75% Good

Primary Schools in Herefordshire

Most of Herefordshire's primary schools have been rated Good by Ofsted, amounting to 62 schools or 78% of the total. Attainment is mostly split between very high and high - about 38% and 23% of primary schools respectively - though we don't have data for approximately 5.06% of schools. Looking at the number of pupils assigned to a teacher, Herefordshire's primary schools most commonly have a low ratio of pupils to teachers.

 
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Name Ages Capacity SEN Support Ofsted KS2 Attainment Teacher/Pupil Ratio Religion
Almeley Primary School 2–11 yrs 63
Good
Good
Very low
Ashfield Park Primary School 3–11 yrs 476
Good
High
Low
Ashperton Primary Academy 5–11 yrs 183
Good
Good
High
Bosbury CofE Primary School 4–11 yrs 150
Outstanding
Good
Very high
Church of England
Brampton Abbotts CofE Primary School 5–11 yrs 140
Good
Very high
Good
Church of England
Bredenbury Primary School 4–11 yrs 70
Bridstow CofE Primary School 4–11 yrs 105
Good
High
Good
Church of England
Broadlands Primary School 3–11 yrs 315
Good
High
Very low
Brockhampton Primary School 3–11 yrs 206
Good
High
Very low
Burghill Community Academy 5–11 yrs 105
Good
Low
Good
Burley Gate CofE Primary School 2–11 yrs 105
Good
Very high
Low
Church of England
Canon Pyon CofE Academy 5–11 yrs 105
Outstanding
Very low
Very low
Church of England
Clehonger CofE Primary School 5–11 yrs 147
Good
High
Low
Church of England
Clifford Primary School 5–11 yrs 100
Good
High
Very low
Colwall CofE Primary School and Nursery 5–11 yrs 210
Good
Low
Very low
Church of England
Cradley CofE Primary School 2–11 yrs 140
Good
Good
Good
Church of England
Eardisley CofE Primary School 4–11 yrs 109
Good
Very high
High
Church of England
Eastnor Parochial Primary School 4–11 yrs 100
Low
Church of England
Ewyas Harold Primary School 4–11 yrs 139
Good
High
High
Garway Primary School 4–11 yrs 105
Good
Low
Good
Goodrich CofE Primary School 4–11 yrs 119
Good
Very high
Good
Church of England
Gorsley Goffs Primary School 4–11 yrs 210
Good
Very high
High
Hampton Dene Primary School 4–11 yrs 210
Good
Very low
Low
Holmer CofE Academy 4–11 yrs 420
Outstanding
Very high
High
Church of England
Ivington CofE Primary and Pre-School 4–11 yrs 121
Good
High
High
Church of England
Kimbolton St James CofE Primary School 4–11 yrs 105
Good
Very high
Very high
Church of England
King's Caple Primary Academy 4–11 yrs 70
Outstanding
Good
Very low
Kingsland CofE School 5–11 yrs 150
Good
Low
High
Church of England
Kingstone and Thruxton Primary School 3–11 yrs 210
Good
Very high
High
Kington Primary School 2–11 yrs 205
Good
Good
Good
Lea CofE Primary School 5–11 yrs 105
Good
Low
Low
Church of England
Ledbury Primary School 2–11 yrs 470
Good
Very high
Low
Leintwardine Endowed CE Primary School 4–11 yrs 105
Good
Very high
Low
Church of England
Leominster Primary School 3–11 yrs 630
Good
Good
Low
Little Dewchurch CofE Primary School 5–11 yrs 63
Outstanding
High
Good
Church of England
Llangrove CE Academy 4–11 yrs 84
Good
High
High
Church of England
Longtown Community Primary School 4–11 yrs
Good
Very high
Very low
Lord Scudamore Primary Academy 3–11 yrs 616
Good
Good
Good
Lugwardine Primary Academy 5–11 yrs 210
Good
High
Good
Luston Primary School 4–11 yrs 140
Good
Good
Good
Madley Primary School 4–11 yrs 182
Good
Very high
Very high
Marden Primary Academy 4–11 yrs 119
Good
Good
Very low
Marlbrook Primary School 3–11 yrs 630
Good
Very high
Good
Michaelchurch Escley Primary School 4–11 yrs 56
Good
Good
Very low
Mordiford CofE Primary School 4–11 yrs 180
Very high
Low
Church of England
Much Birch CofE Primary School 5–11 yrs 210
Good
Very high
High
Church of England
Much Marcle CofE Primary School 3–11 yrs 119
Outstanding
Very high
Low
Church of England
Orleton CofE Primary School 5–11 yrs 210
Good
High
Low
Church of England
Our Lady's RC Primary School 4–11 yrs 210
Good
High
High
Roman Catholic
Pembridge CofE Primary School 5–11 yrs 105
Outstanding
High
Very low
Church of England
Pencombe CofE Primary School 4–11 yrs 56
Good
Good
Very low
Church of England
Peterchurch Primary School 4–11 yrs 120
Good
High
Low
Riverside Primary School 3–11 yrs 630
Good
Very high
Low
Shobdon Primary School 5–11 yrs 70
Good
Very high
Very low
St Francis Xavier's Primary School 4–11 yrs 210
Outstanding
Very high
High
Roman Catholic
St James' CofE Primary School 4–11 yrs 218
Good
Very low
High
Church of England
St Joseph's RC Primary School 2–11 yrs 210
Good
Very high
High
Roman Catholic
St Martin's Primary School 3–11 yrs 420
Good
Very high
Low
St Mary's CofE Primary School 5–11 yrs 210
Good
Low
Good
Church of England
St Mary's CofE Primary School 4–11 yrs 150
Good
Very high
Good
Church of England
St Mary's Primary School, Dilwyn 4–11 yrs 70
Good
Low
Very low
Church of England
St Michael's CofE Primary School 2–11 yrs 105
Good
High
Very high
Church of England
St Paul's CofE Primary School 4–11 yrs 420
Outstanding
Good
Very high
Church of England
St Peter's Primary School 3–11 yrs 210
St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy 2–11 yrs 264
Good
Low
Low
Church of England
St Weonard's Academy 2–11 yrs 105
Very low
Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School 4–11 yrs 105
Good
Very high
Low
Stoke Prior Primary School 4–11 yrs 77
Serious Weaknesses
Very high
Good
Stretton Sugwas CofE Academy 2–11 yrs 150
Good
Very high
Very high
Church of England
Sutton Primary Academy 2–11 yrs 230
Outstanding
Very high
Low
The Steiner Academy Hereford 3–16 yrs 332
Good
Good
Very low
Trinity Primary School 4–11 yrs 630
Good
Very high
Low
Walford Nursery & Primary School 5–11 yrs 210
Good
Very high
Very high
Wellington Primary School and Nursery 4–11 yrs 196
Good
Very low
Low
Weobley Primary School 2–11 yrs 250
Good
High
Good
Weston-under-Penyard CofE Primary School 4–11 yrs 90
Good
High
Very low
Church of England
Whitchurch CofE Primary School 4–11 yrs 190
Outstanding
Very high
Very low
Church of England
Wigmore Primary School 5–11 yrs 210
Good
Very high
High
Withington Primary School 3–11 yrs 105
Good
Very low
Very low

Herefordshire Secondary Schools

Most of Herefordshire's secondary schools have been rated Good by Ofsted, amounting to 9 schools or 60% of the total. Attainment is mostly split between good and very low - about 33% and 20% of secondary schools respectively. Looking at the number of pupils assigned to a teacher, Herefordshire's secondary schools most commonly have a low ratio of pupils to teachers.

 
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Name Ages Capacity SEN Support Ofsted P8 Attainment Teacher/Pupil Ratio Religion
Aylestone School 11–16 yrs 450
Requires improvement
Very low
Low
Earl Mortimer College and Sixth Form Centre 11–18 yrs 800
Good
Very low
Very low
Fairfield High School 11–16 yrs 600
Very high
Low
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy 11–18 yrs 1,460
Requires improvement
Good
Low
John Masefield High School 11–18 yrs 930
Good
Good
Low
Kingstone High School 11–16 yrs 680
Good
Good
Good
Lady Hawkins' School 11–16 yrs 510
Good
Low
Very low
Queen Elizabeth High School 11–16 yrs 400
Good
Good
Very low
St Mary's RC High School 11–16 yrs 675
Outstanding
Very high
Low
Roman Catholic
The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School 11–16 yrs 1,175
Good
Low
Low
Church of England
The Hereford Academy 11–16 yrs 750
Requires improvement
Very low
Very low
Christian
The Steiner Academy Hereford 3–16 yrs 332
Good
Very high
Very low
Weobley High School 11–16 yrs 525
Good
Low
Low
Whitecross Hereford 11–16 yrs 900
Serious Weaknesses
Good
Low
Wigmore School 11–19 yrs 630
Good
High
Very low

Sixth Form Schools in Herefordshire

Most of Herefordshire's sixth form schools have been rated Good by Ofsted, amounting to 3 schools or 75% of the total. Attainment is mostly split between very high and very low - about 25% and 0% of sixth form schools respectively - though we don't have data for approximately 75% of schools. Looking at the number of pupils assigned to a teacher, Herefordshire's sixth form schools most commonly have a very low ratio of pupils to teachers.

 
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Name Ages Capacity SEN Support Ofsted P8 Attainment Teacher/Pupil Ratio Religion
Hereford College of Arts 16–99 yrs
Good
Hereford Sixth Form College 16–19 yrs
Outstanding
Herefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College 16–99 yrs
Good
The Steiner Academy Hereford 3–16 yrs 332
Good
Very high
Very low

Herefordshire Pupil Referral Units

Most of Herefordshire's pupil referral units have been rated Good by Ofsted, amounting to 1 school or 100% of the total. Looking at the number of pupils assigned to a teacher, Herefordshire's pupil referral units most commonly have a very low ratio of pupils to teachers.

 
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Name Ages Capacity SEN Support Ofsted P8 Attainment Teacher/Pupil Ratio Religion
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service 11–16 yrs 80
Good
Very low

Schools in Herefordshire's Towns & Cities

City Primaries Secondaries Sixth Forms Total inc. Others
Hereford 13 4 3 25
Leominster 2 1 0 5
Ross-on-Wye 3 1 0 4
Bromyard and Winslow 1 1 0 3
Kingstone 1 1 0 2
Kington 1 1 0 2
Ledbury 1 1 0 2
Lugwardine 1 1 0 2
Munsley 1 0 0 2
Peterchurch 1 1 0 2
Weobley 1 1 0 2
Wigmore 1 1 0 2
Almeley 1 0 0 1
Bishop's Frome 0 0 0 1
Bodenham 1 0 0 1
Bosbury 1 0 0 1
Bredenbury 1 0 0 1
Bridstow 1 0 0 1
Brockhampton (Bringsty) 1 0 0 1
Burghill 1 0 0 1
Canon Pyon 1 0 0 1
Clehonger 1 0 0 1
Clifford 1 0 0 1
Colwall 1 0 0 1
Cradley 1 0 0 1
Credenhill 1 0 0 1
Dilwyn 1 0 0 1
Eardisley 1 0 0 1
Eastnor 1 0 0 1
Ewyas Harold 1 0 0 1
Ford and Stoke Prior 1 0 0 1
Fownhope 1 0 0 1
Garway 1 0 0 1
Goodrich 1 0 0 1
Kimbolton 1 0 0 1
Kings Caple 1 0 0 1
Kingsland 1 0 0 1
Lea 1 0 0 1
Leintwardine 1 0 0 1
Linton (Penyard) 1 0 0 1
Little Dewchurch 1 0 0 1
Llangarron 1 0 0 1
Longtown 1 0 0 1
Luston 1 0 0 1
Madley 1 0 0 1
Marden 1 0 0 1
Michaelchurch Escley 1 0 0 1
Mordiford 1 0 0 1
Much Birch 1 0 0 1
Much Dewchurch 1 1 1 1
Much Marcle 1 0 0 1
Ocle Pychard 1 0 0 1
Orleton 1 0 0 1
Pembridge 1 0 0 1
Pencombe with Grendon Warren 1 0 0 1
Shobdon 1 0 0 1
St. Weonards 1 0 0 1
Staunton on Wye 1 0 0 1
Stretton Sugwas 1 0 0 1
Sutton 1 0 0 1
Walford 1 0 0 1
Wellington 1 0 0 1
Weston under Penyard 1 0 0 1
Whitchurch 1 0 0 1
Withington 1 0 0 1
Last updated: 16 Aug 2023