Goodrich CofE Primary School
Goodrich, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 6HY
This school is closed (it closed in April 2024).
It was replaced by Goodrich CofE Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Head teacher
- Mrs K Miles
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hereford
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
- Capacity
- 142
- Pupils on roll
- 120
- URN
- 116813
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
About this school
Goodrich CofE Primary School was a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in Ross-on-Wye. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 120 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Goodrich CofE Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 23 | 21 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 76% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 19% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.70 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - |
| Maths progress | -1.20 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Goodrich CofE Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Herefordshire, County of average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 61% | 62.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 62.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 130 |
| 2023/24 | 120 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Goodrich CofE Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.9% | 12.5% | 120 | — |
| Goodrich CofE Primary School | 75% | 7% | 12.6% | 155 | 0.0 miles |
| Walford Nursery & Primary School | 84% | 2.9% | 7.7% | 182 | 1.6 miles |
| Whitchurch CofE Primary School | 55% | 3.1% | 3.8% | 127 | 1.7 miles |
| English Bicknor Church of England Primary School | — | 6.8% | 14.3% | 48 | 2.2 miles |
| Llangrove CE Academy | 64% | 3.1% | 13.3% | 67 | 2.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.5%
- English as an additional language
- 5%
- Overall absence
- 5.9%
- Persistent absence
- 11.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Goodrich CofE Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Ross-on-Wye
-
Walford Nursery & Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Ross-on-Wye
-
Whitchurch CofE Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Ross-on-Wye
-
English Bicknor Church of England Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Coleford
-
Llangrove CE Academy2.9 miles
Primary · Ross-on-Wye
Other schools in Ross-on-Wye
- Ashfield Park Primary School Primary
- Brampton Abbotts CofE Primary School Primary
- Bridstow CofE Primary School Primary
- Goodrich CofE Primary School Primary
- Gorsley Goffs Primary School Primary
- Lea CofE Primary School Primary
- Llangrove CE Academy Primary
- St Joseph's RC Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Walford Nursery & Primary School Primary
- Weston-under-Penyard CofE Primary School Primary
- Whitchurch CofE Primary School Primary
- John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Goodrich CofE Primary School teach?
- Goodrich CofE Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Ross-on-Wye.
- Has Goodrich CofE Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Goodrich CofE Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Goodrich CofE Primary School?
- Goodrich CofE Primary School had 120 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Goodrich CofE Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 76% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Goodrich CofE Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Goodrich CofE Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 9 July 2024.