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Eastnor Parochial Primary School

Primary · Ledbury · HR8 1RA

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 8 May 2024

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At a glance

95 pupils · 95% of 100 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
6.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.eastnorschool.co.uk
URN
143974

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 16 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.07 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 5.531 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 8 May 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.07 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 16 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 5.531 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 5.531 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers76.5%
Herefordshire, County of average65.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Sparsholt Church of England Primary SchoolWinchester · 79 miles awayGood86%
Linby Cum Papplewick CofE Primary SchoolNottingham · 87 miles awayExpected standard79%
St Merryn SchoolPadstow · 153 miles awayGood74%
Suckley Primary SchoolWorcester · 9 miles awayOutstanding80%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolHenley-in-Arden · 32 miles awayNo current grade80%
Kenn Church of England Primary SchoolExeter · 107 miles awayGood69%
Chagford Church of England Primary SchoolNewton Abbot · 113 miles awayGood87%
St George's CofE Academy, ClunCraven Arms · 38 miles awayGood57%
Sithney Community Primary SchoolHelston · 183 miles awayGood46%
Gerrans SchoolTruro · 170 miles awayGood70%
Antony Church of England SchoolTorpoint · 140 miles awayExpected standard82%
Wold Newton Foundation SchoolDriffield · 168 miles awayExpected standard58%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 96% (Herefordshire, County of 82%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (Herefordshire, County of 8%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Herefordshire, County of 0%, England 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)
5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.02 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
17.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 16% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.6 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 £49,775; 33.3% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,505
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£21,000; in-year balance +£0

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier73.3%62.3%
Social housing2.7%17.1%
Privately rented24.1%20.5%
Detached houses57.2%22.9%
Flats15.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van13%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014036 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£395,00023 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£325,000–£492,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (19)£423,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 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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