Aylestone School
About the school
Aylestone School is an open secondary school in Herefordshire, County of.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 9 July 2024
- Published
- 8 September 2024
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 36.3
- Herefordshire, County of
- 44.7
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Herefordshire, County of
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 29.20%
- Herefordshire, County of
- 42.80%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 48.30%
- Herefordshire, County of
- 64.10%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 13.50%
- Herefordshire, County of
- 36.20%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 2.99
- Herefordshire, County of
- 3.95
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
449
Girls
45.43%
Boys
54.57%
SEN support
22.27%
Education, health and care plan
8.69%
English as an additional language
13.80%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
28.73%
Overall absence
8.62
Persistent absence
23.91
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
90
Sustained education or employment
92%
Education
89%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
0%
Not sustained
7%