Graded inspection · Oct 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 |
Inspection history
- 22 October 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 26 January 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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 entry60 applications · 44 places offered · 44 named it first
Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.
- 2026 1.4; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.8
- 2025 1.3; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.8
- 2024 1.1; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.7
- 2023 1.2; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.6
- 2022 1.3; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.4
- 2021 1.2; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.4
- 2020 1.2; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.3
- 2019 1.0; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.4
- 2018 1.1; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.4
- 2017 1.1; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.3
- 2016 1.1; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.3
- 2015 1.1; 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 | 44 | 60 | 1.4 | 44 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 46 | 59 | 1.3 | 44 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 49 | 53 | 1.1 | 42 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 44 | 52 | 1.2 | 44 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 41 | 55 | 1.3 | 39 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 50 | 61 | 1.2 | 42 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2020 | 43 | 51 | 1.2 | 43 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 53 | 55 | 1.0 | 48 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 | 47 | 51 | 1.1 | 45 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 33 | 37 | 1.1 | 32 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 44 | 49 | 1.1 | 43 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 35 | 39 | 1.1 | 35 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 52 | 67 | 1.3 | 49 | 0.94 |
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.) | 47 | 44.7 | 47% | 68% | – |
| 2024/25 | 51 | 43.3 | 49% | 71% | – |
| 2023/24 | 61 | 41.7 | 31% | 61% | −0.48 |
| 2022/23 | 56 | 40.0 | 39% | 59% | −0.33 |
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
- Lady Hawkins' SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 44.7Attainment 8
- 12.7 km · Herefordshire, County of20262.0applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
- 17.6 km · Herefordshire, County ofRemains Good20231.8applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
- 19.2 km · Herefordshire, County ofOutstanding20232.1applications per place 51.9Attainment 8
- 20.7 km · Herefordshire, County ofGood20231.1applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 24.0 km · Herefordshire, County ofRemains Good · concerns noted20242.1applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 25.2 km · Herefordshire, County ofGood20231.8applications per place 50.1Attainment 8
- 28.1 km · Herefordshire, County of20261.2applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 28.2 km · Herefordshire, County ofRequires improvement20242.8applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137608 · 884/4022
- Trust
- Lady Hawkins’ School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 510 pupils · 281 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2011
- Replaced
- Lady Hawkins High School (URN 116940)
- Address
- Park View, Kington, HR5 3AR
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources