St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy
Hereford, HR1 2DY · Herefordshire, County of local authority
Hereford’s School Grade B better than 59% of towns in England
What stands out about St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy
- Its own letter, A: Key Stage 2 results better than 85% of England’s primary schools
- 76% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 14 points above England’s schools
- Ofsted report card, January 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (24 of 24)
- Homes in its postcode sector (HR1 2) sold for a median £232,000; Hereford’s is £254,950
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 76%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 85% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Herefordshire, County of avg 64%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 106, maths 107 (100 = the expected standard)
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.
How hard is it to get a place at St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2024 (3). 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. Diocese of Hereford Multi Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Herefordshire, County of council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
100% got their first choice
Hereford and Herefordshire, County of, side by side
2023–2025All 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. Hereford’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Primary School, Dilwyn | A+ | 11% | 96% |
| Kimbolton St James CofE Primary School | A+ | 14% | 89% |
| Little Dewchurch CofE Primary School | A+ | 29% | 88% |
| Eastnor Parochial Primary School | A+ | 6% | 85% |
| Walford Nursery & Primary School | A+ | 6% | 84% |
| St Martin's Primary School | A+ | 41% | 84% |
| Wigmore Primary School | A+ | 20% | 83% |
| Marlbrook Primary School | A | 32% | 82% |
| Pembridge CofE Primary School | A | 21% | 81% |
| Clifford Primary School | A | 7% | 80% |
| Michaelchurch Escley Primary School | A | 6% | 80% |
| St Francis Xavier's Primary School | A | 7% | 80% |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School | A | 14% | 79% |
| St Joseph's RC Primary School and Nursery | A | 16% | 78% |
| Holmer CofE Academy | A | 10% | 78% |
| Kingstone and Thruxton Primary School | A | 20% | 77% |
| Kingsland CofE School | A | 5% | 76% |
| St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy | A | 24% | 76% |
| Orleton CofE Primary School | A− | 10% | 75% |
| Ivington CofE Primary and Pre-School | A− | 29% | 73% |
| Longtown Community Primary School | A− | 13% | 72% |
| Cradley CofE Primary School | A− | 22% | 72% |
| Pencombe CofE Primary School | A− | 22% | 72% |
| Ashperton Primary Academy | A− | 8% | 71% |
| Stretton Sugwas CofE Academy | B+ | 3% | 70% |
| Canon Pyon CofE Academy | B+ | 15% | 70% |
| Burghill Community Academy | B+ | 9% | 70% |
| Goodrich CofE Primary School | B+ | 10% | 70% |
| Wellington Primary School and Nursery | B+ | 21% | 70% |
| St James' Church of England Primary School | B+ | 17% | 70% |
| Hampton Dene Primary School | B+ | 12% | 69% |
| Weobley Primary School | B+ | 25% | 69% |
| Eardisley CofE Primary School | B+ | 9% | 68% |
| Brampton Abbotts CofE Primary School | B+ | 43% | 68% |
| Weston-under-Penyard CofE Primary School | B | 31% | 67% |
| Luston Primary School | B | 39% | 66% |
| Ashfield Park Primary School | B | 25% | 66% |
| Burley Gate CofE Primary School | B | 19% | 65% |
| Ledbury Primary School | B− | 37% | 64% |
| Lugwardine Primary Academy | B− | 9% | 64% |
| Trinity Primary School | B− | 14% | 63% |
| Gorsley Goffs Primary School | B− | 4% | 63% |
| St Peter's Primary School | B− | 30% | 63% |
| Mordiford CofE Primary School | B− | 12% | 62% |
| Bredenbury Primary School | B− | 20% | 62% |
| Ewyas Harold Primary School | B− | 19% | 61% |
| Madley Primary School | B− | 12% | 61% |
| Much Birch CofE Primary School | B− | 4% | 61% |
| Marden Primary Academy | B− | 21% | 61% |
| Garway Primary School | C+ | 5% | 60% |
| Bosbury CofE Primary School | C+ | 8% | 60% |
| Our Lady's RC Primary School | C+ | 18% | 60% |
| King's Caple Primary Academy | C+ | 4% | 60% |
| St Weonard's Academy | C+ | 9% | 60% |
| Leintwardine Endowed CE Primary School | C+ | 27% | 59% |
| Brockhampton Primary School | C+ | 12% | 59% |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School | C+ | 6% | 59% |
| Much Marcle CofE Primary School | C+ | 30% | 59% |
| Whitchurch CofE Primary School | C+ | 1% | 58% |
| Leominster Primary School | C+ | 29% | 58% |
| Lord Scudamore Primary Academy | C | 18% | 57% |
| Sutton Primary Academy | C | 5% | 55% |
| Riverside Primary School | C− | 34% | 53% |
| Shobdon Primary School | C− | 24% | 52% |
| Llangrove CE Academy | C− | 16% | 52% |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | C− | 10% | 49% |
| Peterchurch Primary School | C− | 25% | 48% |
| Colwall CofE Primary School and Nursery | C− | 17% | 48% |
| Clehonger CofE Primary School | D | 21% | 47% |
| Lea CofE Primary School | D | 20% | 43% |
| Broadlands Primary School | D | 32% | 39% |
| Kington Primary School | D | 30% | 39% |
| Withington Primary School | D− | 24% | 34% |
| Almeley Primary School | D− | 20% | 33% |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | D− | 11% | 33% |
| Bridstow CofE Primary School | D− | 21% | 28% |
| The Steiner Academy Hereford | D− | 22% | 1% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025243 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.
Girls and boys
St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
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.
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 inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Report card, inspection starting January 2026.
Before the report card: Graded inspection: Good, May 2021.
Living near St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in HR1 2, the school’s postcode sector
Hereford property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in HR1 2 sell for a little under 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
15 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Hereford, HR1 2DY
St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy: common questions
Is St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy a good school?
By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 85% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A), with 76% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: a report card in January 2026.
How hard is it to get into St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy?
For September 2026, 24 families put St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 28 places were offered in all.
What is St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection (January 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.
How much do houses cost near St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy?
Homes in its postcode sector, HR1 2, sold for a median £232,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (236 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.
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