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Schools in Herefordshire, County of

107 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Herefordshire, County of has 102 state schools: 78 primary, 14 secondary, 1 all-through. Between them they teach around 23,143 pupils. 87 have enough published data for a score, averaging 5.1 out of 10, and 9 score 8 or above.

10 have a sixth form. 40 take children from age three or under. 41 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Herefordshire, County of covers several towns — jump straight to the schools in yours.

Craven Arms 8 schools Hereford 60 schools Leominster 13 schools Ludlow 8 schools Malvern 21 schools Ross-on-Wye 12 schools
Almeley Primary School Hereford · Requires improvement Ashfield Park Primary School Ross-on-Wye · Good Ashperton Primary Academy Ledbury · Good Aylestone School Hereford · Requires improvement Barrs Court School Hereford · Outstanding Blackmarston School Hereford · Inadequate Bosbury CofE Primary School Ledbury · Not judged Brampton Abbotts CofE Primary School Ross-on-Wye · Good Bredenbury Primary School Bromyard · Not judged Bridstow CofE Primary School Ross-on-Wye · Good Broadlands Primary School Hereford · Good Brockhampton Primary School Bromyard · Good Burghill Community Academy Hereford · Not judged Burley Gate CofE Primary School Hereford · Good Canon Pyon CofE Academy Hereford · Good Clehonger CofE Primary School Hereford · Not judged Clifford Primary School Clifford · Good Colwall CofE Primary School and Nursery Malvern · Good Cradley CofE Primary School Malvern · Requires improvement Eardisley CofE Primary School Hereford · Good Earl Mortimer College Leominster · Good Eastnor Parochial Primary School Ledbury · Outstanding Ewyas Harold Primary School Hereford · Requires improvement Fairfield High School Hereford · Outstanding Garway Primary School Hereford · Good Goodrich CofE Primary School Ross-on-Wye · Good Gorsley Goffs Primary School Ross-on-Wye · Good Hampton Dene Primary School Hereford · Good Hereford Cathedral School With A Junior School Hereford Hereford College of Arts Hereford · Outstanding Hereford Sixth Form College Hereford · Outstanding Herefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College Hereford · Good Hidelow Grange School Acton Beauchamp · Good Holmer CofE Academy Hereford · Outstanding Ivington CofE Primary and Pre-School Leominster · Good John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy Ross-on-Wye · Not judged John Masefield High School Ledbury · Good Kimbolton St James CofE Primary School Leominster · Good King's Caple Primary Academy Hereford · Not judged Kingsland CofE School Leominster · Good Kingstone High School Hereford · Good Kingstone and Thruxton Primary School Hereford · Good Kington Primary School Kington · Not judged Lady Hawkins' School Kington · Not judged Lea CofE Primary School Ross-on-Wye · Good Ledbury Primary School Ledbury · Good Leintwardine Endowed CE Primary School Craven Arms · Good Leominster Primary School Leominster · Good Little Dewchurch CofE Primary School Hereford · Not judged Llangrove CE Academy Ross-on-Wye · Good Longtown Community Primary School Hereford · Good Lord Scudamore Primary Academy Hereford · Good Lucton School Leominster Lugwardine Primary Academy Hereford · Good Luston Primary School Leominster · Good Madley Primary School Hereford · Not judged Marden Primary Academy Hereford · Good Marlbrook Primary School Hereford · Good Michaelchurch Escley Primary School Hereford · Good Mordiford CofE Primary School Hereford · Good Much Birch CofE Primary School Hereford · Good Much Marcle CofE Primary School Ledbury · Outstanding Orleton CofE Primary School Ludlow · Good Our Lady's RC Primary School Hereford · Good Pembridge CofE Primary School Leominster · Not judged Pencombe CofE Primary School Bromyard · Good Peterchurch Primary School Hereford · Good Queen Elizabeth High School Bromyard · Good Riverside Primary School Hereford · Outstanding Royal National College for the Blind Hereford · Good Shobdon Primary School Leominster · Good St Francis Xavier's Primary School Hereford · Outstanding St James' Church of England Primary School Hereford · Outstanding St Joseph's RC Primary School and Nursery Ross-on-Wye · Good St Martin's Primary School Hereford · Good St Mary's CofE Primary School Hereford · Good St Mary's CofE Primary School Hereford · Good St Mary's Primary School, Dilwyn Hereford · Good St Mary's RC High School Hereford · Outstanding St Michael's CofE Primary School Hereford · Good St Paul's CofE Primary School Hereford · Not judged St Peter's Primary School Bromyard · Good St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy Hereford · Good St Weonard's Academy Hereford · Outstanding Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School Hereford · Good Stoke Prior Primary School Leominster · Requires improvement Stretton Sugwas CofE Academy Hereford · Good Sutton Primary Academy HEREFORD · Outstanding The Beacon College Hereford · Outstanding The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School Hereford · Good The Brookfield School Hereford · Requires improvement The Downs, Malvern College Prep School Malvern The Elms School Malvern The Hereford Church of England Academy Hereford · Requires improvement The Steiner Academy Hereford Hereford · Good Trinity Primary School Hereford · Good Walford Nursery & Primary School Ross-on-Wye · Outstanding Wellington Primary School and Nursery Hereford · Good Weobley High School Hereford · Good Weobley Primary School Weobley · Good Westfield School Leominster · Good Weston-under-Penyard CofE Primary School Ross-on-Wye · Good Whitchurch CofE Primary School Ross-on-Wye · Not judged Whitecross Hereford Hereford · Good Wigmore Primary School Leominster · Good Wigmore School Leominster · Good Withington Primary School Hereford · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

St Mary's CofE Primary School Good · ×0.53 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Kingstone High School Good · ×0.74 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Canon Pyon CofE Academy Good · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Earl Mortimer College Good · ×0.77 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Broadlands Primary School Good · ×0.81 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Lugwardine Primary Academy Good · ×0.81 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Mary's CofE Primary School Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Gorsley Goffs Primary School Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Herefordshire, County of

Primary schools: Priority 2 (after looked-after children) is the defined catchment area; a handful of named schools use 'nearest school' instead. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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