School admissions in Herefordshire, County of

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

79 schools. 11 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Stretton Sugwas CofE AcademyHereford	1.57	30
St Francis Xavier's Primary SchoolHereford	1.33	30
The Steiner Academy HerefordHereford	1.33	24
Hampton Dene Primary SchoolHereford	1.23	30
Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary SchoolHereford	1.12	16
Clifford Primary SchoolClifford	1.10	10
Eastnor Parochial Primary SchoolLedbury	1.07	15
Brockhampton Primary SchoolBromyard	1.06	17
Ashperton Primary AcademyLedbury	1.03	29
St James' Church of England Primary SchoolHereford	1.03	30
Riverside Primary SchoolHereford	1.02	87
Ashfield Park Primary SchoolRoss-on-Wye	1.00	20
Brampton Abbotts CofE Primary SchoolRoss-on-Wye	1.00	9
Bredenbury Primary SchoolBromyard	1.00	6
Bridstow CofE Primary SchoolRoss-on-Wye	1.00	8
Burghill Community AcademyHereford	1.00	15
Burley Gate CofE Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	10
Clehonger CofE Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	10
Colwall CofE Primary School and NurseryMalvern	1.00	22
Eardisley CofE Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	10
Ewyas Harold Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	13
Garway Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	8
Holmer CofE AcademyHereford	1.00	60
Ivington CofE Primary and Pre-SchoolLeominster	1.00	10
Kimbolton St James CofE Primary SchoolLeominster	1.00	13
King's Caple Primary AcademyHereford	1.00	1
Kingsland CofE SchoolLeominster	1.00	19
Kingstone and Thruxton Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	25
Kington Primary SchoolKington	1.00	21
Lea CofE Primary SchoolRoss-on-Wye	1.00	15
Ledbury Primary SchoolLedbury	1.00	51
Leintwardine Endowed CE Primary SchoolCraven Arms	1.00	8
Leominster Primary SchoolLeominster	1.00	36
Little Dewchurch CofE Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	6
Llangrove CE AcademyRoss-on-Wye	1.00	7
Longtown Community Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	5
Luston Primary SchoolLeominster	1.00	3
Marden Primary AcademyHereford	1.00	13
Michaelchurch Escley Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	9
Much Birch CofE Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	26
Much Marcle CofE Primary SchoolLedbury	1.00	17
Orleton CofE Primary SchoolLudlow	1.00	22
Pembridge CofE Primary SchoolLeominster	1.00	14
Pencombe CofE Primary SchoolBromyard	1.00	8
Peterchurch Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	13
Shobdon Primary SchoolLeominster	1.00	12
St Joseph's RC Primary School and NurseryRoss-on-Wye	1.00	29
St Mary's Primary School, DilwynHereford	1.00	7
St Michael's CofE Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	12
St Peter's Primary SchoolBromyard	1.00	27
St Weonard's AcademyHereford	1.00	3
Stoke Prior Primary SchoolLeominster	1.00	10
Weobley Primary SchoolWeobley	1.00	19
Weston-under-Penyard CofE Primary SchoolRoss-on-Wye	1.00	5
Whitchurch CofE Primary SchoolRoss-on-Wye	1.00	14
Wigmore Primary SchoolLeominster	1.00	16
Withington Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	4
Marlbrook Primary SchoolHereford	0.98	56
Walford Nursery & Primary SchoolRoss-on-Wye	0.96	27
Lord Scudamore Primary AcademyHereford	0.96	52
Sutton Primary AcademyHEREFORD	0.96	26
Our Lady's RC Primary SchoolHereford	0.96	23
St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolHereford	0.95	60
Madley Primary SchoolHereford	0.95	19
Goodrich CofE Primary SchoolRoss-on-Wye	0.94	18
St Martin's Primary SchoolHereford	0.94	35
Mordiford CofE Primary SchoolHereford	0.93	30
Bosbury CofE Primary SchoolLedbury	0.91	11
Wellington Primary School and NurseryHereford	0.91	11
Trinity Primary SchoolHereford	0.90	72
Cradley CofE Primary SchoolMalvern	0.90	10
Gorsley Goffs Primary SchoolRoss-on-Wye	0.89	27
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolHereford	0.86	7
St Thomas Cantilupe CofE AcademyHereford	0.86	28
Broadlands Primary SchoolHereford	0.81	16
Lugwardine Primary AcademyHereford	0.81	16
Almeley Primary SchoolHereford	0.75	8
Canon Pyon CofE AcademyHereford	0.75	8
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolHereford	0.53	15

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

14 schools. 5 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Fairfield High SchoolHereford	1.36	107
St Mary's RC High SchoolHereford	1.29	146
Weobley High SchoolHereford	1.20	107
Wigmore SchoolLeominster	1.06	88
Whitecross HerefordHereford	1.04	186
Lady Hawkins' SchoolKington	1.00	44
John Masefield High SchoolLedbury	0.94	142
Queen Elizabeth High SchoolBromyard	0.93	84
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre AcademyRoss-on-Wye	0.93	180
The Hereford Church of England AcademyHereford	0.91	127
The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat SchoolHereford	0.88	215
Aylestone SchoolHereford	0.84	67
Earl Mortimer CollegeLeominster	0.77	88
Kingstone High SchoolHereford	0.74	80