Aylestone School

Aylestone School (previously Aylestone Business and Enterprise College) is a co-educational high school in Herefordshire, England, founded in 1976.

Aylestone School
Address
Broadlands House, Broadlands Lane

Hereford
,
Herefordshire
,
HR1 1HY

England
Coordinates52°34′53″N 0°14′49″W
Information
TypeCommunity school
Established1976
Local authorityHerefordshire
Department for Education URN116936 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherMr Robertson
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 16
Enrolment402
HousesConingsby, Mortimer, Clare, De Lacy
Websitewww.aylestone.org.uk

Admissions

The curriculum includes business and enterprise skills, English, mathematics, science, humanities, psychology and modern languages. There are about 500 students, ages 11 through 16.

It is situated in the east of Hereford, near the A465, and near Hereford Sixth Form College (a highly performing institution), Hereford College of Arts, and Herefordshire College of Technology (HCT).

History

Grammar school

The site was originally called Hereford High School for Girls, a grammar school. Hereford High School for Boys was on Widemarsh Street and was built in 1912.

Comprehensive

It became the comprehensive Aylestone School in 1976, then Aylestone Business & Enterprise College in 2017.

Academic performance

[1]

Subjects

The school has departments in English, maths, science, music, food, computer studies and resistant materials. It also offers psychology, BTEC sport and business studies at GCSE.

Notable former pupils

Hereford High School for Boys

Hereford High School for Girls

Aylestone High School

References
  1. https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/116936/aylestone-school/secondary
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