The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School

Term dates

Voluntary aided schools can set their own term dates. Many follow Herefordshire, County of council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Herefordshire, County of's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 189 families put this school as their first choice, and 215 places were offered. 184 of the families who put it first got a place (97%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 10 February 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Needs attention

Curriculum and teaching

Needs attention

Achievement

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Expected standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Needs attention

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 7 July 2021. Overall: Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Voluntary aided school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

1089 (capacity 1130)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Church of England

Diocese

Diocese of Hereford

Phone

01432347501

Address

Hampton Dene Road, Tupsley, Hereford, HR1 1UU

Website

bhbs.hereford.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports