Aylestone School
Broadlands House, Broadlands Lane, Hereford, HR1 1HY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Robertson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Federation
- Aylestone, Broadlands and Withington Federation
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 450
- Pupils on roll
- 443
- URN
- 116936
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01432357371
About this school
Aylestone School is a community secondary school in Hereford. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 443 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 90 | 91 | 89 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.1 | 35.9 | 36.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.70 -1.01 to -0.40 | -0.80 -1.10 to -0.49 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% | 35.2% | 29.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47% | 52.7% | 48.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 18% | 12.1% | 13.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Aylestone 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 | 37.1 | 39.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 35.9 | 38.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 36.3 | 37.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 454 |
| 2023/24 | 460 |
| 2024/25 | 449 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Aylestone School compares
Aylestone School ranked 15th of 15 secondary schools in Herefordshire, County of for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 29% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36.3 | 8.6% | 28.7% | 443 | — |
| The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School | 45.9 | 8.6% | 14.7% | 1,089 | 0.6 miles |
| St Mary's RC High School | 52.2 | 5.1% | 11.2% | 745 | 1.5 miles |
| Whitecross Hereford | 46.5 | 7.4% | 15.7% | 942 | 2.1 miles |
| The Hereford Church of England Academy | 39.6 | 9% | 39.8% | 647 | 2.3 miles |
| Kingstone High School | 42.3 | 11.1% | 26.7% | 568 | 7.1 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.73%
- English as an additional language
- 13.8%
- Overall absence
- 8.62%
- Persistent absence
- 23.91%
Location
Nearby schools
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The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School0.6 miles
Secondary · Hereford
-
St Mary's RC High School1.5 miles
Secondary · Hereford
-
Whitecross Hereford2.1 miles
Secondary · Hereford
-
The Hereford Church of England Academy2.3 miles
Secondary · Hereford
-
Kingstone High School7.1 miles
Secondary · Hereford
Other schools in Hereford
Aylestone School ranks 9th of the 9 ranked secondary schools in Hereford.
- Fairfield High School Secondary
- Kingstone High School Secondary
- St Mary's RC High School Secondary
- The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School Secondary
- The Hereford Church of England Academy Secondary
- Weobley High School Secondary
- Whitecross Hereford Secondary
- Almeley Primary School Primary
- Broadlands Primary School Primary
- Burghill Community Academy Primary
- Burley Gate CofE Primary School Primary
- Canon Pyon CofE Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Aylestone School teach?
- Aylestone School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Hereford.
- Who is the headteacher of Aylestone School?
- The headteacher of Aylestone School is Mr Simon Robertson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Aylestone School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Aylestone School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Aylestone School?
- Aylestone School has 443 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Aylestone School full?
- Aylestone School has capacity for 450 pupils and 443 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Aylestone School a faith school?
- No. Aylestone School has no designated religious character.
- Is Aylestone School a selective school?
- No. Aylestone School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Aylestone School?
- Aylestone School is part of the Aylestone, Broadlands and Withington Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Aylestone School have?
- The schools register lists Aylestone School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Aylestone School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 37.1 in 2022/23 and 36.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Aylestone School rank locally?
- Aylestone School ranked 15th of 15 secondary schools in Herefordshire, County of for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 29% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Aylestone School's absence rate?
- Aylestone School's overall absence rate is 8.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Aylestone School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Aylestone 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 30 June 2026.