Barrs Court School
Barrs Court Road, Hereford, HR1 1EQ
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ACCORDIA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Callum Palmer
- Religious ethos
- None
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 95
- Pupils on roll
- 105
- URN
- 139607
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01432265035
About this school
Barrs Court School is a special academy in Hereford. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 105 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Barrs Court School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 13 | 18 | 16 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
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 Barrs Court 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 86 |
| 2023/24 | 88 |
| 2024/25 | 94 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
- 22 November 2022
-
Ungraded inspection report23 October 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 48.94%
- English as an additional language
- 7.4%
- Overall absence
- 8.89%
- Persistent absence
- 24.21%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service0.3 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Hereford
-
Royal National College for the Blind0.5 miles
Other types · Hereford
-
The Beacon College0.5 miles
Free Schools · Hereford
-
Hereford Cathedral School With A Junior School0.6 miles
Independent schools · Hereford
-
Pathway Schools Limited0.9 miles
Special schools · Hereford
Other schools in Hereford
- 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
- Burghill Community Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Barrs Court School teach?
- Barrs Court School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Hereford.
- Who is the headteacher of Barrs Court School?
- The headteacher of Barrs Court School is Headteacher Callum Palmer, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Barrs Court School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Barrs Court 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 many pupils are at Barrs Court School?
- Barrs Court School has 105 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Barrs Court School full?
- Barrs Court School has capacity for 95 pupils and 105 on roll (111%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Barrs Court School a faith school?
- No. Barrs Court School has no designated religious character.
- Is Barrs Court School part of an academy trust?
- Barrs Court School is part of ACCORDIA ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Barrs Court School have?
- The schools register lists Barrs Court School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Barrs Court School's absence rate?
- Barrs Court School's overall absence rate is 8.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Barrs Court School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Barrs Court 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 1 July 2026.