Clehonger CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Herefordshire, County of·HR2 9SN
Composite score
57.9
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National rank
#440
In West Midlands
#28
In Herefordshire, County of
Top 31%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
10 first choices, 10 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
30
any preference, for 10 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.15
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8220221.0020230.4020240.8520251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Clehonger CofE Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
86
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
12.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
29.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,632
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Clehonger CofE Primary School

Clehonger CofE Primary School is a primary school in Herefordshire, County of, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 86 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. 64% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 41.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 31% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Clehonger CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 10 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 18.7 pupils per teacher. Clehonger CofE Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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