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Schools in Herefordshire
This page shows schools in this area ranked on the basis of their "value added" measures from Key Stage 2 to GCSE.

The measure compares pupils' exam performances with the middle performance of other pupils nationally who had similar prior attainment.

It is based around 1000. The top 5% had a score of 1056.6 and above - the best being 1099.8. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click on the name of any school to go to its individual page in the main tables.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on GCSE or A/AS to sort schools on those results.

In the GCSE columns:

  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
Wigmore High School 89 60 1041.6 NA
Hereford Cathedral School (IND, SEL) 95 95 1031.9 338.1
Fairfield High School 73 72 1028.4 NA
St Mary's RC High School 'A Specialist Science College' 81 65 1014.1 NA
Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School, The 71 64 1011.8 NA
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre 61 51 1008.8 247.4
Kingstone High School 53 44 1004.9 NA
Aylestone High School 64 57 995.7 NA
Lady Hawkins High School 65 48 993 253.3
Minster College, The 46 36 990.7 141.1
John Masefield High School 53 38 985.9 267.6
Weobley High School 41 36 977.9 NA
Whitecross High School 47 38 974.8 NA
Haywood High School 32 16 957.1 NA
Queen Elizabeth High School 37 30 952.5 NA
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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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