Hereford College of Arts
Hereford College of Arts is a further education in Hereford for boys and girls aged 16 to 99.
Folly Lane, Hereford, HR1 1LT01432 273359hca.ac.ukMs Abigail Appleton principalAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
240 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 240 | 291 | 280 | 277 | 393 | 384 |
| Average A level grade | – | – | z | z | – | – |
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 Herefordshire, County of council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 213 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 56%, compared with 73% for everyone else.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 40% went on to degree-level study or training.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 70% | 75% | 86% | – |
| Education | 40% | 46% | 56% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 2% | 1% | 0% |
| Work | 28% | 28% | 29% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 22% | 15% | 11% | – |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College | Further education | 130 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Hereford Sixth Form College | Academy 16-19 converter | 200 m | 0 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Aylestone School | Council | 310 m | 443 | Requires improvement 2024 | 7 | Compare |
| Broadlands Primary School | Council | 350 m | 164 | Good 2022 | 8 | Compare |
| The Beacon College | Free school | 380 m | 39 | Outstanding 2024 | – | Compare |
| Barrs Court School | Academy | 700 m | 105 | Outstanding 2022 | – | Compare |
| Royal National College for the Blind | Special post 16 institution | 970 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Hampton Dene Primary School | Council | 1000 m | 278 | Good 2024 | 62 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Hereford College of Arts a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Hereford College of Arts yet.
How many pupils does Hereford College of Arts have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Folly Lane, Hereford, HR1 1LT
- Telephone
- 01432 273359
- Website
- www.hca.ac.uk
- Principal
- Ms Abigail Appleton
- Type of school
- Further education (Further education, colleges)
- Phase
- College, ages 16-99
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Ward
- Aylestone Hill
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 130714 · LAESTAB 8848150 · UKPRN 10003022
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.
- 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.