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Voluntary aided school · Herefordshire, County of

St Mary's RC High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 745Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 116992URN

Lugwardine, Hereford, HR1 4DR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded OutstandingJan 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Dec 2024
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.5 above Herefordshire, County of median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Herefordshire, County of

340 applications for 146 places · 2nd of 13 in Herefordshire, County of
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
53.2of 90
1st of 14 in Herefordshire, County of
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded OutstandingJan 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Dec 2024

Inspection history

  1. 11 December 2024
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 29 January 2019
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.5 above Herefordshire, County of median (1.8) close to England median (2.2)

340 applications · 146 places offered · 189 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.3; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.8
  2. 2025 2.2; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.8
  3. 2024 2.3; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.7
  4. 2023 2.4; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.6
  5. 2022 2.2; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.4
  6. 2021 2.2; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.4
  7. 2020 2.4; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.3
  8. 2019 2.3; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.4
  9. 2018 2.0; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.4
  10. 2017 1.8; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.3
  11. 2016 2.0; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.3
  12. 2015 1.8; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.2
  13. 2014 2.0; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.5
More applications per place than the Herefordshire, County of median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Herefordshire, County of median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261463402.31891.29
Sep 20251473172.21761.20
Sep 20241493462.31951.31
Sep 20231433482.42031.42
Sep 20221473252.21921.31
Sep 20211433132.21691.18
Sep 20201453522.41951.34
Sep 20191493462.31821.22
Sep 20181462852.02111.45
Sep 20171512731.81761.17
Sep 20161372692.02001.46
Sep 20151332421.81701.28
Sep 20141482902.01711.16

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

149 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)53.21st of 14 in Herefordshire, County of
Grade 5 or above in English and maths64%1st of 14 in Herefordshire, County of
Grade 4 or above in English and maths82%
  • This school
  • Herefordshire, County of median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.10
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14953.264%82%–
2024/2514952.260%80%–
2023/2415051.763%78%+0.10
2022/2314750.254%79%+0.14

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

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  • Expected standard
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  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
116992 · 884/4601
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
675 pupils · 745 on roll
Free school meals
10.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Lugwardine, Hereford, HR1 4DR
Local authority
Herefordshire, County of

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources