Secondary
Whitecross Hereford
Three Elms Road, Hereford, HR4 0RN
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 942 of 900 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Trust
- WHITECROSS HEREFORD
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 85.2
- Pupils per adult
- 11.0
- Pupils
- 939
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 June 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
February 2022
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
GCSE results
42%
1 points below the Hereford average (43% across 8 schools)
46.5
1.4 above the Hereford average (45.1 across 8 schools)
4th of 8 by our score, among the secondary schools in Hereford we can score - 11 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.03 |
| Entered the EBacc | 20% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% |
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 | 47% |
| 22/23 | 43% |
| 23/24 | 39% |
| 24/25 | 42% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.24 |
| 22/23 | -0.11 |
| 23/24 | -0.30 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.2 |
| 22/23 | 47.8 |
| 23/24 | 46.0 |
| 24/25 | 46.5 |
Three Elms Road, Hereford, HR4 0RN
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
- Timothy Knapp
- Address
- Three Elms Road, Hereford, HR4 0RN
- Telephone
- 01432376080