Cambian Hereford School

Other independent special school · Mixed · ages 11–16Herefordshire, County of HR6school website

A special school in Herefordshire, County of for ages 11–16: the Department for Education has not published destination figures for it, so this page relies on the school’s own results and subjects.

Ofsted
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Places
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Pupils
15

Ofsted: Not covered by Ofsted school inspections. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Herefordshire, County of’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 20 places.

GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

9.3Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school9.3
Herefordshire, County of44.7
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 7 pupils in Year 11

0% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Herefordshire, County of 43%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureCambian Hereford SchoolHerefordshire, County ofEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)9.344.746.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%43%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%64%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%36%41%
EBacc average point score0.673.954.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort—20%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils—33.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils—47.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language—9%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

44.06%of the Key Stage 3 and GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Health & Safety29%
Natural Sciences27%
Green & Sustainability25%
Mathematics & Statistics23%
Engineering & Manufacturing22%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects5

Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language571%89%—20%—
Mathematics571%88%—22%—
Combined Science571%65%—9%—
Art and Design457%7%—24%—
Psychology343%3%—22%—
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Health & Safety41%
Natural Sciences41%
Green & Sustainability39%
Language & Communication38%
Mathematics & Statistics32%
Engineering & Manufacturing28%
Transversal Skills26%
Digital & ICT Skills16%
Arts & Humanities13%
Social & Cultural Skills9%
Law & Public Administration7%
Business & Administration3%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 13.6percentage 9.2ratio 8.1vocabulary 7.1particle model 6.4power 6.3gradient 6.2translation 5.9equation 5.6reflection 5.6audience 5.3standard form 5.3root 5.3grammar 5.1formulae 5.1change of state 5.0energy transfer 4.9area 4.6photosynthesis 4.5linear functions 4.1congruence 4.1pythagoras' theorem 4.1observation 4.0estimation 4.0

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, percentage, unit conversion from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and 6 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses pressure, conservation of mass, energy change from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 3 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses sampling technique, experimental design, conclusion from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
More apprenticeships9
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses unit conversion, graph, pressure from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and 2 more · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses climate change, data collection, conduct field work from Biology, Chemistry, Computing and 2 more · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
Battery manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses area, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 2 more · jobs: battery test technician
Junior visual effects - VFX artist or assistant technical director - ATDLevel 4 (higher) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses scale, data collection, colour from Art and Design, Chemistry, Physics and 4 more · jobs: 3D modeller, technical director, animation layout artist
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses mean, integer, data structure from English Language, Mathematics, Psychology and 2 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Water industry network technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses standard form, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 2 more · jobs: sewerage network operative, product quality inspector, sewerage maintenance technician
Artificial intelligence (AI) data specialistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · digital · uses experimental design, scientific method, data presentation from Biology, English Language, Psychology and 2 more · jobs: ICT intelligent systems designer
Non-destructive technologies technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, formulae, si unit from Biology, Mathematics, Physics and 2 more
Storyboard artistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · creative and design · uses presentation, interpretation, colour from Art and Design, English Language, Physics and 2 more · jobs: storyboard artist
Admissions

How do you get a place?

Places at special schools are allocated through an Education, Health and Care plan with Herefordshire, County of, not by distance.

  1. Any timeAsk Herefordshire, County of’s SEND team to name the school in the child’s EHC plan; the school is consulted before a place is offered
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Compare with nearby schools

Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.