Herefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College
Herefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College is a further education in Hereford for boys and girls aged 16 to 99.
Folly Lane, Hereford, HR1 1LS01432 870316hlcollege.ac.ukMr David Williams principalAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
1,143 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,143 | 1,227 | 1,175 | 1,287 | 2,502 | 1,799 |
| Average A level points per entryA level APS per entry | 27.90 | 30.83 | 29.03 | 36.65 | 29.13 | 30.84 |
| Average A level grade | C- | C | C | B- | C | C |
| Best three A levelsBest 3 A levels APS | 27.74 | 31.02 | 28.66 | 32.63 | 29.43 | 31.42 |
| AAB or better in subjects universities likeAAB+ in two facilitating subjects | 4% | 9% | 6% | 6% | 9% | 11% |
| A level progressA level value added | -0.30 | -0.24 | – | – | -0.19 | +0.03 |
| Applied general courses: points per entry | 26.51 | 27.40 | 26.36 | 32.08 | – | – |
| T levels: points per entry | 28.25 | 30.32 | 26.87 | 28.91 | – | – |
| Stayed and finishedRetained and assessed | 89% | 93% | 94% | 96% | 98% | 95% |
A level subjects
23 A level subjects had results in 2025. Each figure is the share of students who got an A* to B, next to the average for state sixth forms in England. When only a handful of students take a subject, its figures jump around from year to year.
Every A level subject against England, 2025
A levels only. BTECs, T levels and other courses are in the table above. Subjects with fewer than five students aren't published.
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 1,091 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 60%, compared with 79% for everyone else.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 19% went on to degree-level study or training and 3% to a top-third university.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 76% | 70% | 78% | – |
| Education | 16% | 17% | 30% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 12% | 10% | 9% | 1% |
| Work | 48% | 43% | 38% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 17% | 22% | 17% | – |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hereford Sixth Form College | Academy 16-19 converter | 80 m | 0 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Hereford College of Arts | Further education | 130 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Broadlands Primary School | Council | 280 m | 164 | Good 2022 | 8 | Compare |
| The Beacon College | Free school | 310 m | 39 | Outstanding 2024 | – | Compare |
| Aylestone School | Council | 310 m | 443 | Requires improvement 2024 | 7 | Compare |
| Barrs Court School | Academy | 620 m | 105 | Outstanding 2022 | – | Compare |
| Royal National College for the Blind | Special post 16 institution | 850 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Francis Xavier's Primary School | Roman Catholic | 0.6 miles | 215 | Report card 2026 | 88 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Herefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Herefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College yet.
How many pupils does Herefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College 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 1LS
- Telephone
- 01432 870316
- Website
- www.hlcollege.ac.uk
- Principal
- Mr David Williams
- 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
- Opened
- 1 January 1900 (not recorded)
- URN
- 130710 · LAESTAB 8848002 · UKPRN 10003023
- Formerly
- North Shropshire College
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.
- A level subjects: DfE A level and other 16 to 18 results, subject entries and grades, 2024/25.
- 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.