The Herewoode Academy
Ofsted
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 8 May 2025
Catchment area
Pupils and staff
Pupils
- Pupils
- 979
- Capacity
- 1,000
- Girls / boys
- 47% / 53%
- Free school meals
- 53%
Staff
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.5
- Teaching assistants (FTE)
- 14.3
- Leadership (FTE)
- 7
- Part-time teachers
- 2%
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Questions about The Herewoode Academy
How do I apply for a place at The Herewoode Academy?
Apply through the council where you live by 31 October in your child's Year 6, for a place starting the following September. You apply to your home council even if The Herewoode Academy is in another council's area, and can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference. Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
Does living near The Herewoode Academy guarantee a place?
No. Distance only counts when The Herewoode Academy has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
How many pupils are at The Herewoode Academy?
The Herewoode Academy had 979 pupils aged 11 to 18 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 1,000. It is a mixed school with no sixth form, so students move on at 16.
