Schools in Herefordshire
111 schools in the Herefordshire local authority.
Schools
111
Open schools
Pupils
24,851
2025–26 census
Good or better
91%
83 of 91 graded
Academic Performance
5.3
out of 10 · 102 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 12 13%
- Good
- 71 78%
- Requires improvement
- 7 8%
- Inadequate
- 1 1%
8 inspected since 2024, no overall grade5 superseded by a report card12 not judged
5.3
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 102 of 111 schools that can be scored
Pupils
24,851
pupils on roll
Boys 52%48% Girls
Roll from 110 of 111 schools (24,851 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
91%Asian
3%Black
1%Mixed
4%Chinese
<1%Any other group
1%Unclassified
<1%Ethnicity from 99 of 111 schools (23,392 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 20.1%
- First language not English
- 12.0%
- Young carers
- <1%
4,693 of 23,392 pupils · 99 of 111 schools
2,815 of 23,392 pupils · 99 of 111 schools
97 of 23,392 pupils · 99 of 111 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 80
- Secondary
- 15
- All-through
- 2
- Special
- 7
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 6
Top primary schools in Herefordshire
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Eastnor Parochial Primary SchoolHerefordshire · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.St Francis Xavier's Primary SchoolHerefordshire · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 3.Walford Nursery & Primary SchoolHerefordshire · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 4.Holmer CofE AcademyHerefordshire · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 5.St James' Church of England Primary SchoolHerefordshire · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 6.St Weonard's AcademyHerefordshire · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 7.Kimbolton St James CofE Primary SchoolHerefordshire · Primary9.0/10Good
- 8.St Mary's Primary School, DilwynHerefordshire · Primary9.0/10Good
- 9.Ashperton Primary AcademyHerefordshire · Primary8.9/10Good
- 10.Little Dewchurch CofE Primary SchoolHerefordshire · Primary8.9/10
- 11.Wigmore Primary SchoolHerefordshire · Primary8.9/10Good
- 12.Pencombe CofE Primary SchoolHerefordshire · Primary8.8/10Good
- 13.St Joseph's RC Primary SchoolHerefordshire · Primary8.7/10Good
- 14.Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary SchoolHerefordshire · Primary8.4/10Good
- 15.Brampton Abbotts CofE Primary SchoolHerefordshire · Primary8.3/10Good
- 16.Sutton Primary AcademyHerefordshire · Primary8.3/10Outstanding
- 17.Burghill Community AcademyHerefordshire · Primary8.2/10
- 18.Kingsland CofE SchoolHerefordshire · Primary8.2/10Good
- 19.St Michael's CofE Primary SchoolHerefordshire · Primary8.1/10Good
- 20.Ivington CofE Primary and Pre-SchoolHerefordshire · Primary8.0/10Good
Top secondary schools in Herefordshire
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.St Mary's RC High SchoolHerefordshire · Secondary9.7/10Outstanding
- 2.Fairfield High SchoolHerefordshire · Secondary9.6/10Outstanding
- 3.The Steiner Academy HerefordHerefordshire · Secondary8.2/10Good
- 4.John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre AcademyHerefordshire · Secondary7.0/10
- 5.Weobley High SchoolHerefordshire · Secondary6.6/10Good
- 6.The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat SchoolHerefordshire · Secondary6.2/10Good
- 7.Wigmore SchoolHerefordshire · Secondary6.2/10Good
- 8.John Masefield High SchoolHerefordshire · Secondary6.0/10Good
- 9.Whitecross HerefordHerefordshire · Secondary5.9/10Good
- 10.Lady Hawkins' SchoolHerefordshire · Secondary5.8/10
- 11.Kingstone High SchoolHerefordshire · Secondary3.5/10Good
- 12.Queen Elizabeth High SchoolHerefordshire · Secondary2.8/10Good
- 13.Earl Mortimer CollegeHerefordshire · Secondary1.9/10Good
- 14.The Hereford Church of England AcademyHerefordshire · Secondary0.2/10Requires improvement
- 15.Aylestone SchoolHerefordshire · Secondary0.1/10Requires improvement
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About schools in Herefordshire
- How many schools are there in Herefordshire?
- Herefordshire has 111 open schools — 80 primary, 15 secondary, 7 special, teaching 24,851 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Herefordshire are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 83 of the 91 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 91% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 12 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 111: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Herefordshire?
- 5.3 out of 10, averaged across the 102 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Herefordshire schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 20 schools in Herefordshire currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Herefordshire local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Herefordshire covers 111 schools and sits in the West Midlands region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Herefordshire are eligible for free school meals?
- 20.1% — 4,693 of 23,392 pupils at the 99 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the West Midlands region.