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Lugwardine Primary Academy

PrimaryAges 5–11Academy

Bartestree, HR1 4DH · Herefordshire, County of local authority

Bartestree’s School Grade B− better than 55% of towns in England

Its letter
54%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
13/13
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
150 pupils
71% of its 210 places
Free school meals
9%
9 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Lugwardine Primary Academy

  • Its own letter, B−: Key Stage 2 results better than 54% of England’s primary schools
  • Room to spare: 150 pupils for 210 places
  • 9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, March 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (13 of 13)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (HR1 4) sold for a median £380,000; Bartestree’s is £345,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 64%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 54% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Herefordshire, County of avg 64%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Lugwardine Primary 64%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 106, maths 105 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading83%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)78%
England’s schools 73%
Maths83%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling65%
England’s schools 74%
Reached the higher standard in all three0%
England’s schools 8% · Herefordshire, County of 9% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Lugwardine Primary Academy?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

13
families put it first for September 2026
16
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2021 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Three Counties Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Herefordshire, County of council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.33 per place
75% got their first choice
1.23 per place
78% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.95 per place
98% got their first choice
0.93 per place
100% got their first choice
0.81 per place
100% got their first choice
Lugwardine Primary
0.81 per place
100% got their first choice

Bartestree and Herefordshire, County of, side by side

2023–2025

All 77 graded primaries in Herefordshire, County of. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Bartestree’s schools are coloured by their letter.

0%17%34%51%68%85%10%20%30%40%50%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →Lugwardine Primary
ABCDElsewhere in Herefordshire, County ofLugwardine Primary
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
St Mary's Primary School, DilwynA+11%96%
Kimbolton St James CofE Primary SchoolA+14%89%
Little Dewchurch CofE Primary SchoolA+29%88%
Eastnor Parochial Primary SchoolA+6%85%
Walford Nursery & Primary SchoolA+6%84%
St Martin's Primary SchoolA+41%84%
Wigmore Primary SchoolA+20%83%
Marlbrook Primary SchoolA32%82%
Pembridge CofE Primary SchoolA21%81%
Clifford Primary SchoolA7%80%
Michaelchurch Escley Primary SchoolA6%80%
St Francis Xavier's Primary SchoolA7%80%
St Michael's CofE Primary SchoolA14%79%
St Joseph's RC Primary School and NurseryA16%78%
Holmer CofE AcademyA10%78%
Kingstone and Thruxton Primary SchoolA20%77%
Kingsland CofE SchoolA5%76%
St Thomas Cantilupe CofE AcademyA24%76%
Orleton CofE Primary SchoolA−10%75%
Ivington CofE Primary and Pre-SchoolA−29%73%
Longtown Community Primary SchoolA−13%72%
Cradley CofE Primary SchoolA−22%72%
Pencombe CofE Primary SchoolA−22%72%
Ashperton Primary AcademyA−8%71%
Stretton Sugwas CofE AcademyB+3%70%
Canon Pyon CofE AcademyB+15%70%
Burghill Community AcademyB+9%70%
Goodrich CofE Primary SchoolB+10%70%
Wellington Primary School and NurseryB+21%70%
St James' Church of England Primary SchoolB+17%70%
Hampton Dene Primary SchoolB+12%69%
Weobley Primary SchoolB+25%69%
Eardisley CofE Primary SchoolB+9%68%
Brampton Abbotts CofE Primary SchoolB+43%68%
Weston-under-Penyard CofE Primary SchoolB31%67%
Luston Primary SchoolB39%66%
Ashfield Park Primary SchoolB25%66%
Burley Gate CofE Primary SchoolB19%65%
Ledbury Primary SchoolB−37%64%
Lugwardine Primary AcademyB−9%64%
Trinity Primary SchoolB−14%63%
Gorsley Goffs Primary SchoolB−4%63%
St Peter's Primary SchoolB−30%63%
Mordiford CofE Primary SchoolB−12%62%
Bredenbury Primary SchoolB−20%62%
Ewyas Harold Primary SchoolB−19%61%
Madley Primary SchoolB−12%61%
Much Birch CofE Primary SchoolB−4%61%
Marden Primary AcademyB−21%61%
Garway Primary SchoolC+5%60%
Bosbury CofE Primary SchoolC+8%60%
Our Lady's RC Primary SchoolC+18%60%
King's Caple Primary AcademyC+4%60%
St Weonard's AcademyC+9%60%
Leintwardine Endowed CE Primary SchoolC+27%59%
Brockhampton Primary SchoolC+12%59%
St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolC+6%59%
Much Marcle CofE Primary SchoolC+30%59%
Whitchurch CofE Primary SchoolC+1%58%
Leominster Primary SchoolC+29%58%
Lord Scudamore Primary AcademyC18%57%
Sutton Primary AcademyC5%55%
Riverside Primary SchoolC−34%53%
Shobdon Primary SchoolC−24%52%
Llangrove CE AcademyC−16%52%
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolC−10%49%
Peterchurch Primary SchoolC−25%48%
Colwall CofE Primary School and NurseryC−17%48%
Clehonger CofE Primary SchoolD21%47%
Lea CofE Primary SchoolD20%43%
Broadlands Primary SchoolD32%39%
Kington Primary SchoolD30%39%
Withington Primary SchoolD−24%34%
Almeley Primary SchoolD−20%33%
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolD−11%33%
Bridstow CofE Primary SchoolD−21%28%
The Steiner Academy HerefordD−22%1%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

154 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
22.1%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.3%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
5.8%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
9.1%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 51%Boys 49%
Its letter

Lugwardine Primary Academy’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths B−Better than 54% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: Some aspects not as strong, March 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Lugwardine Primary Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in HR1 4, the school’s postcode sector

Bartestree property prices →
£380,000
median sale, 233 sales in 36 months · Bartestree £345,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025HR1 4Bartestree
HR1 4Bartestree

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£490K
Semi-detached
£277K
Terraced
£250K
Flat
£178K
HR1 4Bartestree

Homes in HR1 4 sell for a little over Bartestree’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

2 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miND−A−B−Lugwardine Primary Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Bartestree, HR1 4DH

Lugwardine Primary Academy: common questions

Is Lugwardine Primary Academy a good school?

By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 54% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B−), with 64% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Inspected, March 2025.

How hard is it to get into Lugwardine Primary Academy?

For September 2026, 13 families put Lugwardine Primary Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 16 places were offered in all.

What is Lugwardine Primary Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (March 2025).

How much do houses cost near Lugwardine Primary Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, HR1 4, sold for a median £380,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (233 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Bartestree’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.