Marlbrook Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Herefordshire, County of·HR2 7NT
Composite score
61.6
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#3,503
National rank
#319
In West Midlands
#22
In Herefordshire, County of
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
75%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
55 first choices, 56 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
106
any preference, for 56 places

Every child who put Marlbrook 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
623
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,817
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Marlbrook Primary School is a primary school serving Herefordshire, County of, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 623 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Marlbrook Primary School 'Good'. 75% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 13.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% 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 Marlbrook Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 56 Reception places. There are about 20.5 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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