The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D53
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Hereford, HR1 1UU
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Aylestone School
Broadlands House, Broadlands Lane, Hereford, HR1 1HY
Local ranking15th of 15 secondary schools in Herefordshire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
450
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 9 July 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 40.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 44.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 84
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 449
- Boys
- 248 (56%)
- Girls
- 195 (44%)
- Capacity
- 450 (98% full)
- SEND
- 31.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.7%
- EAL
- 13.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 8.7%
- SEN Support
- 22.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,744/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 80.7%
- White Other: 12.8%
- Mixed Other: 2.2%
- Asian Indian: 0.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.7%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
80.7%
White British
12.8%
White Other
2.2%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Broadlands House
Hereford, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 116936
- UKPRN
- 10014941
- Establishment No.
- 4015
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