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John Kyrle High School, Ross, Wins National Holiday Award
The Ross-on-Wye school won the HAF School Partnership award at the Department for Education ceremony on 30 September. Christmas sessions: 21, 22, 30, 31 Dec.
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Aylestone School Expansion: £12.1m Deal, Places Slip 2028
The council has signed a £12.07m build contract for 300 extra places. Cabinet agreed in 2023 that the extra pupils would start in September 2026, not 2028.
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Peterchurch Primary School Opens £10m New Building
Pupils moved in on 7 September, and capacity rises from 105 to 140. The decision that funded it also promised an 8-place SEN Nurture Hub from this month.
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Herefordshire Secondary School Places: Apply by 31 October
Applications for September 2027 opened on 7 September and close at midnight on 31 October. Five county schools took more first choices than they had places.
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Herefordshire 80-place special free school will not open
The DfE has dropped Herefordshire's approved 80-place special free school and given the council £3.8m instead. The council's own report puts a new one at circa £25m.
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Hereford GCSE Results 2026: 20 August and What Next
GCSE results reach Herefordshire pupils on Thursday 20 August. Free drop-in advice from 1pm, what a grade 4 changes, and the 24 September appeal deadline.
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Hereford A Level Results 2026: 98.7% Pass and What Next
Herefordshire's A level pass rate was 98.7%, the council says, and Hereford Sixth Form recorded 57.2% of grades at A* to B. GCSE results follow on 20 August.
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Herefordshire Term Dates 2026/27: Half Term 26 Oct
Herefordshire schools break for Christmas on Friday 18 December 2026. Half term is 26 to 30 October. How Bluecoat, Whitecross and Cathedral School differ.
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October Half Term in Hereford: 26 to 30 October 2026
Herefordshire half term is 26 to 30 October 2026. Several Courtyard festival events have sold out, and no trains run Hereford to Worcester all week.