St Paul's CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Herefordshire, County of·HR1 1UX
Composite score
49.1
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National rank
#774
In West Midlands
#50
In Herefordshire, County of
Top 52%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
98%
57 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
118
any preference, for 60 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.21
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320221.0720230.9520240.7420250.952026

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

Herefordshire, County of does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for St Paul's CofE Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
414
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
12.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,601
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St Paul's CofE Primary School is a primary school serving Herefordshire, County of, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 414 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 63% 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 13.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 98% of the families who made St Paul's CofE Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 25.1 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Paul's 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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