Secondary
John Masefield High School
Mabel's Furlong, Ledbury, HR8 2HF
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 849 of 930 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- JOHN MASEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM CENTRE
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 73.9
- Pupils per adult
- 12.0
- Pupils
- 884
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2022
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
39%
46.2
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.43 |
| Entered the EBacc | 83% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% |
| A level average points per entry | 28.29 |
| A level students | 43 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46% |
| 22/23 | 45% |
| 23/24 | 46% |
| 24/25 | 39% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.1 |
| 22/23 | 33.9 |
| 23/24 | 28.8 |
| 24/25 | 28.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.29 |
| 22/23 | -0.49 |
| 23/24 | -0.35 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.9 |
| 22/23 | 46.5 |
| 23/24 | 44.9 |
| 24/25 | 46.2 |
Mabel's Furlong, Ledbury, HR8 2HF
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Herefordshire, County of admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- John Holmes
- Address
- Mabel's Furlong, Ledbury, HR8 2HF
- Telephone
- 01531631012