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Schools in Herefordshire, County of[1]

Local authority district E06000019 · 111 open schools[2]

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Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 117 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure Most deprived 20% Second Middle Fourth Least deprived 20%
Income 6%[4] 15%[4] 33%[4] 38%[4] 9%[4]
Employment 8%[4] 17%[4] 21%[4] 39%[4] 15%[4]
Education and skills 14%[4] 21%[4] 26%[4] 34%[4] 5%[4]
Health and disability 6%[4] 15%[4] 23%[4] 38%[4] 17%[4]
Crime 8%[4] 10%[4] 11%[4] 20%[4] 51%[4]
Housing and services 46%[4] 14%[4] 15%[4] 18%[4] 7%[4]
Living environment 33%[4] 18%[4] 17%[4] 15%[4] 17%[4]
Children in low-income families 7%[4] 19%[4] 37%[4] 31%[4] 7%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (16)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Aylestone School 11–16[2]
A8 41 2025/26[8]
Earl Mortimer College 11–16[2]
A8 39 2025/26[8]
Fairfield High School 11–16[2]
A8 52 2025/26[8]
Hereford Sixth Form College 16–19[2]
AL C+ 2024/25[9]
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy 11–18[2]
A8 47 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
John Masefield High School 11–18[2]
A8 47 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Kingstone High School 11–16[2]
A8 42 2025/26[8]
Lady Hawkins' School 11–16[2]
A8 45 2025/26[8]
Queen Elizabeth High School 11–16[2]
A8 37 2025/26[8]
St Mary's RC High School 11–16[2]
A8 53 2025/26[8]
The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School 11–16[2]
A8 46 2025/26[8]
The Hereford Church of England Academy 11–16[2]
A8 42 2025/26[8]
The Steiner Academy Hereford 3–16[2]
A8 48 2025/26[8] KS2 4% 2024/25[10]
Weobley High School 11–16[2]
A8 45 2025/26[8]
Whitecross Hereford 11–16[2]
A8 50 2025/26[8]
Wigmore School 11–19[2]
A8 46 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (78)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Almeley Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 44% 2024/25[10]
Ashfield Park Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Ashperton Primary Academy 4–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Bosbury CofE Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Brampton Abbotts CofE Primary School 5–11[2]
KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Bredenbury Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 78% 2024/25[10]
Bridstow CofE Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 22% 2024/25[10]
Broadlands Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Brockhampton Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Burghill Community Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Burley Gate CofE Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Canon Pyon CofE Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Clehonger CofE Primary School 5–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Clifford Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 94% 2024/25[10]
Colwall CofE Primary School and Nursery 5–11[2]
KS2 45% 2024/25[10]
Cradley CofE Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Eardisley CofE Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Eastnor Parochial Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Ewyas Harold Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Garway Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Goodrich CofE Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Gorsley Goffs Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 44% 2024/25[10]
Hampton Dene Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Holmer CofE Academy 4–11[2]
KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Ivington CofE Primary and Pre-School 4–11[2]
KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Kimbolton St James CofE Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 100% 2024/25[10]
King's Caple Primary Academy 4–11[2]
Kingsland CofE School 5–11[2]
KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Kingstone and Thruxton Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Kington Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Lea CofE Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Ledbury Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Leintwardine Endowed CE Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Leominster Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Little Dewchurch CofE Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 89% 2024/25[10]
Llangrove CE Academy 4–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Longtown Community Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 100% 2024/25[10]
Lord Scudamore Primary Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Lugwardine Primary Academy 5–11[2]
KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Luston Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Madley Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Marden Primary Academy 4–11[2]
KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Marlbrook Primary School 3–11[2]
Michaelchurch Escley Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Mordiford CofE Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Much Birch CofE Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Much Marcle CofE Primary School 3–11[2]
Orleton CofE Primary School 5–11[2]
KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady's RC Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Pembridge CofE Primary School 3–11[2]
Pencombe CofE Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
Peterchurch Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 29% 2024/25[10]
Riverside Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Shobdon Primary School 5–11[2]
KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
St Francis Xavier's Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
St James' Church of England Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's RC Primary School and Nursery 2–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
St Martin's Primary School 3–11[2]
St Mary's CofE Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 31% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's CofE Primary School 5–11[2]
KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Primary School, Dilwyn 4–11[2]
KS2 100% 2024/25[10]
St Michael's CofE Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 78% 2024/25[10]
St Paul's CofE Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
St Peter's Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
St Weonard's Academy 2–11[2]
Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School 4–11[2]
Stoke Prior Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Stretton Sugwas CofE Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Sutton Primary Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Trinity Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Walford Nursery & Primary School 5–11[2]
KS2 84% 2024/25[10]
Wellington Primary School and Nursery 4–11[2]
Weobley Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Weston-under-Penyard CofE Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Whitchurch CofE Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Wigmore Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 87% 2024/25[10]
Withington Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 21% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (5)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Hereford Cathedral School With A Junior School 3–19[2]
AL B- 2024/25[9]
Hidelow Grange School 11–18[2]
Lucton School 0–19[2]
AL C 2024/25[9]
The Downs, Malvern College Prep School 0–13[2]
The Elms School 3–13[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (12)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Barrs Court School 11–19[2]
Blackmarston School 2–11[2]
Cambian Hereford School 11–16[2]
Compass Community School Hereford 11–17[2]
G.E.M Hereford 8–18[2]
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service 11–16[2]
Pathway Schools Limited 8–18[2]
Queenswood School 11–19[2]
Rowden House School 11–19[2]
The Beacon College 16–19[2]
The Brookfield School 7–16[2]
Westfield School 2–19[2]

Sources

  1. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS062 NS-SeC. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2022-12-08. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.