School profile
Barrs Court School
Barrs Court Road, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR1 1EQ
Overview
Barrs Court School is a special / send school (academy special converter) in Hereford, West Midlands, for pupils aged 11–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Academy special converter
- Establishment group
- Academies
- Age range
- Ages 11–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 95
- Pupils on roll
- 105
- URN
- 139607
Admissions
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Academy trust or group
- ACCORDIA ACADEMIES TRUST
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Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 22 November 2022 · Published 16 January 2023
Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 23 October 2019 · Published 26 November 2019
Outcome: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
SEND and additional needs
Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Location
- Address
- Barrs Court Road, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR1 1EQ
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
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