The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D51
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Hereford, HR1 1UU
- Distance
- 1.9km away
St Mary's RC High School
Lugwardine, Hereford, HR1 4DR
Local ranking3rd of 15 secondary schools in Herefordshire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 7 September 2026
Secondary
Phase
675
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 52.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 59.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 79.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 55.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 149
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 749
- Boys
- 371 (50%)
- Girls
- 378 (50%)
- Capacity
- 675 (111% full)
- SEND
- 21.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.2%
- EAL
- 25.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.7%
- SEN Support
- 16.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 44.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,520/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 68.5%
- White Other: 15.2%
- Asian Indian: 7.9%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.2%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
68.5%
White British
15.2%
White Other
7.9%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Lugwardine
Hereford, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 116992
- UKPRN
- 10016477
- Establishment No.
- 4601
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