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Barrs Court School

Special schoolAges 11–19AcademySixth form

Hereford, HR1 1EQ · Herefordshire, County of local authority

Hereford’s School Grade B better than 59% of towns in England

How full
105 pupils
111% of its 95 places
Free school meals
51%
51 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Barrs Court School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 105 pupils for 95 places
  • 51% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, November 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (HR1 1) sold for a median £305,000; Hereford’s is £254,950

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

94 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
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
7.4%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
48.9%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 30%Boys 70%
Its letter

No letter for Barrs Court School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

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

Graded inspection: Outstanding, November 2022. Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns), October 2019.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Barrs Court School

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

Home prices in HR1 1, the school’s postcode sector

Hereford property prices →
£305,000
median sale, 594 sales in 36 months · Hereford £254,950

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025HR1 1Hereford
HR1 1Hereford

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£390K
Semi-detached
£300K
Terraced
£227K
Flat
£154K
HR1 1Hereford

Homes in HR1 1 sell for well over Hereford’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

14 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDB+B−C+AC−B−C−CAC+AA+B+Barrs Court School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Hereford, HR1 1EQ

Barrs Court School: common questions

What is Barrs Court School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (November 2022).

How much do houses cost near Barrs Court School?

Homes in its postcode sector, HR1 1, sold for a median £305,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (594 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; Hereford’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.