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Withington Primary School

Primary · Hereford · HR1 3QE

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 18 July 2023

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At a glance

69 pupils · 66% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
24.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
27.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
7.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.withington.hereford.sch.uk/
URN
116748

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 4 families named it first for 4 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 18 July 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

14 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
21%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
96
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school21%
Median of its 12 closest peers55%
Herefordshire, County of average65.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Leeming St. John's Church of England Primary SchoolNorthallerton · 159 miles awayGood67%
Terrington St John Primary SchoolWisbech · 130 miles awayGood33%
Yaxham Church of England Primary AcademyDereham · 158 miles awayExpected standard76%
St Bartholomews CofE Primary SchoolSpalding · 112 miles awayRequires improvement44%
The Erme Primary SchoolIvybridge · 130 miles awayNeeds attention13%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolNewton Abbot · 116 miles awayRequires improvement71%
Great Ponton Church of England SchoolGrantham · 100 miles awayGood33%
Widford SchoolWidford Herts · 116 miles awayGood (2019)63%
Charmouth Primary SchoolBridport · 94 miles awayNeeds attention67%
Hilgay Riverside AcademyDownham Market · 132 miles awayGood60%
Walpole Cross Keys Primary SchoolKing's Lynn · 130 miles awayGood50%
Surfleet Primary SchoolSpalding · 117 miles awayGood47%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (Herefordshire, County of 82%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 7% (Herefordshire, County of 3%, England 4%) · Any other White background 4% (Herefordshire, County of 8%, England 7%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

11.11 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Herefordshire, County of: 2.33 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
12.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

28.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 4 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,992; 42.9% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£11,769
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 70% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 21% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 12% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £129,916; in-year balance -£30,146

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier70.7%62.3%
Social housing15.6%17.1%
Privately rented13.7%20.5%
Detached houses55.1%22.9%
Flats4.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014023 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£320,00049 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£200,000–£432,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (26)£431,000
Semi-detached (9)£226,000
Terraced (14)£190,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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