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Whitecross Hereford

  • 11–16Ages
  • 942Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 139189URN

Three Elms Road, Hereford, HR4 0RN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
close to Herefordshire, County of median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Herefordshire, County of

343 applications for 186 places · 6th of 13 in Herefordshire, County of
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
50.1of 90
3rd of 14 in Herefordshire, County of
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 7 June 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

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
1.8applications per place, Year 7
close to Herefordshire, County of median (1.8) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

343 applications · 186 places offered · 193 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.8
  2. 2025 2.1; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.9; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.7
  4. 2023 2.0; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.6
  5. 2022 2.2; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.4
  6. 2021 2.1; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.4
  7. 2020 2.1; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.3
  8. 2019 2.2; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.4
  9. 2018 1.7; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.4
  10. 2017 1.3; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.3
  11. 2016 1.5; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.3
  12. 2015 1.3; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.2
  13. 2014 1.6; Herefordshire, County of median median 1.5
More applications per place than the Herefordshire, County of median in 12 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 20261863431.81931.04
Sep 20251833842.12261.23
Sep 20241873561.91971.05
Sep 20231883732.02071.10
Sep 20221874102.22551.36
Sep 20211853852.12231.21
Sep 20201873952.12531.35
Sep 20191894062.22741.45
Sep 20181863221.72391.28
Sep 20171882451.31830.97
Sep 20161422171.51651.16
Sep 20151391801.31370.99
Sep 20141772871.61871.06

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

189 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.13rd of 14 in Herefordshire, County of
Grade 5 or above in English and maths41%8th of 14 in Herefordshire, County of
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%
  • This school
  • Herefordshire, County of median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.30
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18950.141%67%–
2024/2518246.542%60%–
2023/2418946.039%59%−0.30
2022/2318147.843%67%−0.11

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

  • 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
139189 · 884/4014
Trust
Whitecross Hereford
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
900 pupils · 942 on roll
Free school meals
17.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2013
Replaced
Whitecross Hereford; High School and Specialist Sports College (URN 116935)
Address
Three Elms Road, Hereford, HR4 0RN
Local authority
Herefordshire, County of

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