The Hereford Church of England Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D42
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Hereford, HR2 7NG
- Distance
- 3.4km away
Whitecross Hereford
Three Elms Road, Hereford, HR4 0RN
Local ranking6th of 15 secondary schools in Herefordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 7 June 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 50.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 67.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 189
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 940
- Boys
- 472 (50%)
- Girls
- 470 (50%)
- Capacity
- 900 (105% full)
- SEND
- 18.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.7%
- EAL
- 10.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 16.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,714/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
- 7.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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
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- White British: 87.3%
- White Other: 8.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Other: 1.0%
- Black African: 0.4%
- Asian Indian: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.2%
87.3%
White British
8.5%
White Other
1.2%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Three Elms Road
Hereford, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 139189
- UKPRN
- 10035694
- Establishment No.
- 4014
- Trust
- WHITECROSS HEREFORD
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