Blackmarston School
Special school school · Academy special sponsor led · ages 2 to 11 · Mixed
Honddu Close, Hereford, HR2 7NX
- Pupils105
- Ages2 to 11
- Latest Ofsted20 Jun 2023
- FundingState-funded
Ofsted inspections
Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date.
Graded inspection · 20 Jun 2023
This inspection was of a predecessor school, before it reopened under its current reference number. Ofsted says grades of a predecessor school can’t, in law, transfer to the new one.
Category of concern: Serious weaknesses. What this means.
Overall effectiveness: Inadequate
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Leadership and managementInadequate
- Early years provisionRequires improvement
- Safeguarding is effectiveYes
Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools · report published 4 Oct 2023
Read the full reports on Ofsted’s website (opens in a new tab) — they explain the reasons behind each grade.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
- Pupils
- 105 (capacity 99)
37 girls, 68 boys - Eligible for free school meals
- 45.7% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)
Attendance
Overall absence
The share of possible mornings and afternoons missed, for any reason (authorised or not).
2024/25
Persistent absence
Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions.
2024/25
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Academy special sponsor led (Academies)
- Trust
- ACCORDIA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Special needs catered for
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Opened
- 1 March 2025
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire
- URN
- 151214 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
A school named in a child’s education, health and care (EHC) plan must give them a place. Ask your council about places at special schools.
How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.