Aylestone School
Community school · 443 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.3
Voluntary aided school
The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,089of 1,130 places
- Free school meals
- 15.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 203
- Ofsted
- Report card, 10 February 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Needs attentionLeadership and governance Needs attentionPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says
The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School has no sixth form. Of the 199 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 50% moved to a sixth form college, 40% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 50% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 39% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.9 against 46.1 across England and 44.7 in Herefordshire, County of, with 47% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Herefordshire, County of and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Herefordshire, County of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 199 | 1,788 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 96% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 8% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 50% | 37% | 13% |
| — further education college | 40% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Herefordshire, County of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.9 | 44.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 30% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.05 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 12% | 20% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 44.2 | 33.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.1 | 47.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 7% | 9% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 199 | 98% | 88% | 14% | 22% | 77% |
| English Language | 199 | 98% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 73% |
| English Literature | 183 | 90% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 75% |
| Combined Science | 181 | 89% | 65% | 10% | 9% | 70% |
| Geography | 118 | 58% | 41% | 18% | 25% | 62% |
| History | 94 | 46% | 41% | 26% | 26% | 66% |
| Art and Design | 79 | 39% | 7% | 15% | 24% | 56% |
| Physical Education | 79 | 39% | 11% | 9% | 24% | 67% |
| Design and Technology | 68 | 33% | 11% | 13% | 23% | 82% |
| French | 41 | 20% | 18% | 12% | 29% | 73% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 38 | 19% | 8% | 11% | 21% | 76% |
| Spanish | 31 | 15% | 19% | 52% | 27% | 94% |
| Computer Science | 24 | 12% | 13% | 13% | 30% | 46% |
| Drama | 22 | 11% | 7% | 5% | 27% | 82% |
| Religious Studies | 16 | 8% | 31% | 38% | 32% | 75% |
| Physics | 15 | 7% | 23% | 40% | 46% | 87% |
| Biology | 15 | 7% | 23% | 47% | 45% | 87% |
| Music | 14 | 7% | 5% | 14% | 33% | 93% |
| Chemistry | 14 | 7% | 23% | 43% | 47% | 86% |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| German | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Fine Art | 1 | 0% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
| Classical Greek | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 92% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Latin | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 74% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 51 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 23 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 12 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Herefordshire, County of
Earl Mortimer College
Community school · 502 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.5
Fairfield High School
Academy converter · 607 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.3
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,274 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.7
John Masefield High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 849 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.2
Kingstone High School
Academy converter · 568 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.3
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.