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Clehonger CofE Primary School

Primary · Hereford · HR2 9SN

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 5 November 2024

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At a glance

86 pupils · 59% of 147 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
20.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
12.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
29.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.clehongerschool.co.uk
URN
116795

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 10 families named it first for 10 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. At its inspection on 5 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

10 places offered · 10 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
64%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school64%
Median of its 12 closest peers53%
Herefordshire, County of average65.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Bere Alston Primary AcademyYelverton · 123 miles awayGood28%
Parker's Church of England Primary AcademyThetford · 157 miles awayGood25%
Benwick Primary SchoolMarch · 122 miles awayGood64%
Shillingstone Church of England Primary SchoolBlandford Forum · 82 miles awayGood67%
Swaffham Bulbeck Church of England Primary SchoolCambridge · 131 miles awayGood75%
Lew Trenchard Church of England Primary SchoolOkehampton · 112 miles awayGood19%
Hilgay Riverside AcademyDownham Market · 140 miles awayGood60%
Carnagill Community Primary SchoolCatterick Garrison · 168 miles awayGood26%
Rowde CofE AcademyDevizes · 57 miles awayGood78%
Hundon Community Primary SchoolSudbury · 142 miles awayGood43%
Belford Primary SchoolBelford · 249 miles awayGood75%
Vange Primary School and NurseryBasildon · 144 miles awayGood46%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 87% (Herefordshire, County of 82%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Herefordshire, County of 8%, England 7%) · Black African 2% (Herefordshire, County of 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Herefordshire, County of 0%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Herefordshire, County of 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Herefordshire, County of 0%, England 2%)

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)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.16 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
17.2
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)

60% 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 £49,774; 20% 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£9,608
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £148,056; in-year balance -£42,408

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work31%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.9%62.3%
Social housing15.7%17.1%
Privately rented8.3%20.5%
Detached houses43.4%22.9%
Flats7.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms20.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van12.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014080 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£300,00051 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£234,000–£343,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (29)£340,000
Semi-detached (18)£244,000

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

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a 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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