Hera House
Hera House is an independent special school in Appleby for boys and girls aged 5 to 14. It has 33 pupils and room for 50.
Broughton Road, Appleby, DN15 0DA01652 228202Melissa Marris headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to North Lincolnshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 33 | 34 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broughton Primary Academy | Academy | 2.7 miles | 289 | Requires improvement 2021 | 12 | Compare |
| AALPS College | Miscellaneous | 3.4 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Luke's Primary School | Council | 3.4 miles | 199 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire | University technical college | 3.4 miles | 318 | Good 2023 | 30 | Compare |
| Tle Independent School | Independent | 3.5 miles | 17 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School | Foundation | 3.6 miles | 313 | Good 2023 | 69 | Compare |
| Frodingham Infant School | Council | 3.6 miles | 192 | No overall grade 2024 | 4 | Compare |
| Scunthorpe CofE Primary School | Church of England | 3.6 miles | 234 | Good 2023 | 24 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Hera House a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Hera House yet.
How many pupils does Hera House have?
33 pupils aged 5 to 14 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 50 places, so it is 66% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Broughton Road, Appleby, DN15 0DA
- Telephone
- 01652 228202
- Headteacher
- Melissa Marris
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-14
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- North Lincolnshire
- Ward
- Burton upon Stather & Winterton
- Constituency
- Brigg and Immingham
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 15 July 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150927 · LAESTAB 8136018
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.