Blackmarston School
Honddu Close, Hereford, HR2 7NX
This school is closed (it closed in February 2025).
It was replaced by Blackmarston School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kelly Leighton (Acting Headteacher)
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 95
- Pupils on roll
- 96
- URN
- 117052
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
About this school
Blackmarston School was a community special school in Hereford. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 96 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Blackmarston 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 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 10 | 14 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.40 | - | - |
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 Blackmarston 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 | 0% | 62.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 62.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 99 |
| 2023/24 | 93 |
| 2024/25 | 96 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 48.94%
- English as an additional language
- 17.7%
- Overall absence
- 9.94%
- Persistent absence
- 39.02%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Blackmarston School0.0 miles
Academies · Hereford
-
Hereford Cathedral School With A Junior School1.0 miles
Independent schools · Hereford
-
Pathway Schools Limited1.3 miles
Special schools · Hereford
-
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service1.4 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Hereford
-
Barrs Court School1.6 miles
Academies · Hereford
Other schools in Hereford
- Barrs Court School Academies
- Blackmarston School Academies
- Compass Community School Hereford Special schools
- G.E.M Hereford Special schools
- Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service Local authority maintained schools
- Pathway Schools Limited Special schools
- Pathway Schools Limited Special schools
- Royal National College for the Blind Other types
- The Beacon College Free Schools
- The Brookfield School Academies
- Almeley Primary School Primary
- Broadlands Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Blackmarston School teach?
- Blackmarston School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a special school in Hereford.
- Has Blackmarston School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Blackmarston 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 Blackmarston School?
- Blackmarston School had 96 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Blackmarston School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Blackmarston School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Blackmarston 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 8 July 2025.