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Weobley High School

Secondary · Hereford · HR4 8ST

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 7 July 2026 · report published 15 September 2026

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At a glance

533 pupils · 107% of 500 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
18.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
30.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.weobleyhigh.co.uk
URN
116952

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 128 families named it first for 107 Year 7 places, 1.20 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 8.43 miles, the only Year 7 round we hold for it. At its report-card inspection on 7 July 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.20 first-choice applications per place

107 places offered · 128 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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. Places by distance, last offered at 8.43 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 8.43 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

102 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
47.8
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
65.7%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
45.1%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.3
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school47.8
Median of its 12 closest peers41.2
Herefordshire, County of average45
England46.1

On attainment 8, 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.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Boroughbridge High SchoolYork · 147 miles awayExpected standard43
Holsworthy Community CollegeHolsworthy · 113 miles awayGood39.9
Axe Valley AcademyAxminster · 95 miles awayGood39.2
Wensleydale SchoolLeyburn · 155 miles awayExpected standard41.5
Ellesmere Park High SchoolManchester · 95 miles awayGood45.8
St John Henry Newman Catholic SchoolCarlisle · 188 miles awayNeeds attention41
Atlantic Academy PortlandPortland · 114 miles awayNeeds attention34
Somervale Secondary SchoolRadstock · 62 miles awayExpected standard45
Mullion SchoolHelston · 179 miles awayGood43.7
Staindrop AcademyDarlington · 173 miles awayExpected standard45.6
XP EastDoncaster · 119 miles awayRequires improvement36.9
Danebury SchoolStockbridge · 93 miles awayInadequate34.3

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 89% (Herefordshire, County of 83%, England 59%) · Any other White background 6% (Herefordshire, County of 8%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Herefordshire, County of 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Herefordshire, County of 0%, England 0%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Herefordshire, County of 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Herefordshire, County of 0%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

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)
6.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

10.59 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Herefordshire, County of: 13.05 suspensions and 0.25 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
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

65% of teachers took sickness absence, 5 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 £44,446; 13.9% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,408
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 4% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (7%) · supplies and services 7% (10%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £476,314; in-year balance -£143,164

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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

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
97%
Continuing in education
94%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
1%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work34.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier64.3%62.3%
Social housing18.4%17.1%
Privately rented17.3%20.5%
Detached houses47.1%22.9%
Flats4.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27.7%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 E01014016 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£322,00053 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£255,000–£425,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (29)£400,000
Semi-detached (13)£275,000
Terraced (11)£200,000

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
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a 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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