The Hereford Church of England Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Feb 7 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Unique reference
135662
Address
Marlbrook Road, Redhill, HR2 7NG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
616 (54% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
16.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.4%
Persistent absence
27.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80%
Other White 14%
Mixed 2.8%
Irish Traveller 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
Other Asian 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
African 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.97
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 2%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.71
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award25
Art & DesignGCSE30
BiologyGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE29
English LanguageGCSE120
English LiteratureGCSE119
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE8
GeographyGCSE43
GermanGCSE4
HistoryGCSE42
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Hereford Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
147
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
129
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
18
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
129
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
148
84
64
Year 8
125
55
70
Year 9
139
70
69
Year 10
91
57
34
Year 11
113
53
60
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
69.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
54.0%
38.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
8.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
15.0%
37.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
12.0%
5.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
16.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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