Blackmarston School
Special schoolBlackmarston School is a special school in Herefordshire, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 105 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Inadequate (overall), June 2023, before the school changed, serious weaknesses
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 20 June 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Inadequate
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationEnd of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Herefordshire, County of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Does not apply to this school | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Does not apply to this school | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 105 |
- Blackmarston School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Marlbrook Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022, before the school changed130 m
- The Hereford Church of England AcademySecondary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 41.5 (2025/26, provisional)360 m
- Our Lady's RC Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)530 m
- Riverside Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), April 2024. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)790 m
- St Martin's Primary SchoolPrimary. No outcome in Ofsted's file800 m
- St James' Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), June 2023, before the school changed. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Herefordshire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).