Graded inspection · Sep 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Herefordshire, County of
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry252 applications · 180 places offered · 167 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.8
- 2025 1.3; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.8
- 2024 1.4; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.7
- 2023 1.4; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.6
- 2022 1.3; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.4
- 2021 1.3; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.4
- 2020 1.3; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.3
- 2019 1.4; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.4
- 2018 1.3; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.4
- 2017 1.3; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.3
- 2016 1.5; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.3
- 2015 1.4; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.2
- 2014 1.3; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.5
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 180 | 252 | 1.4 | 167 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 230 | 308 | 1.3 | 224 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 196 | 283 | 1.4 | 186 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 215 | 299 | 1.4 | 190 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 | 239 | 300 | 1.3 | 200 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2021 | 277 | 368 | 1.3 | 250 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2020 | 241 | 313 | 1.3 | 216 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 | 224 | 311 | 1.4 | 212 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 | 256 | 336 | 1.3 | 236 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 | 217 | 286 | 1.3 | 204 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 | 173 | 257 | 1.5 | 162 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 | 193 | 265 | 1.4 | 187 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 | 235 | 314 | 1.3 | 228 | 0.97 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 237 | 46.8 | 44% | 69% | – |
| 2024/25 | 221 | 47.7 | 48% | 68% | – |
| 2023/24 | 230 | 46.8 | 46% | 68% | −0.20 |
| 2022/23 | 247 | 46.1 | 43% | 64% | −0.12 |
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
- John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 9.7 km · GloucestershireGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 11.4 km · GloucestershireRemains Good · concerns noted20241.6applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 12.1 km · Gloucestershire20261.6applications per place 32.9Attainment 8
- 13.0 km · Gloucestershire20261.6applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 13.6 km · Herefordshire, County ofGood202347.7Attainment 8
- 16.0 km · Herefordshire, County ofRemains Good20221.5applications per place 47.0Attainment 8
- 16.4 km · Herefordshire, County of20261.2applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 16.5 km · Herefordshire, County of20261.8applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136399 · 884/4428
- Trust
- Heart of Mercia
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,460 pupils · 1,274 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2011
- Replaced
- John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre (URN 116975)
- Address
- Ledbury Road, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 7ET
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources