Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service
Pupil referral unit school in Hereford (Herefordshire, County of).
Location
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Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service (HPRS) has 64 places for pupils in Years 7-11, split across our Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 Centres. The Local Authority commissions 64 places for priority permanently excluded pupils. There are an additional 10 places that can be commissioned directly from schools.
Any pupil referred to the service should be presenting with continuing, concerning, challenging behaviour and will have received previous interventions from within their mainstream schools, often with multi-agency involvement.
In addition, our H3 centre provides up to 25 full-time places for pupils who are unable to access mainstream education for issues relation to anxiety, mental health and severe medical conditions. Our full admissions criteria document is available in PDF format below
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Stem
- Young Enterprise
Key facts
- URN
- 130991
- Type
- Pupil referral unit
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 1994
Governing body (8 current, 2 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Matt Gower | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Janet Baker Former | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Sarah Bentley | Governance Professional - Local Authority Maintained SchoolGovernance professional | since 2026 | |
| Ms Sarah Parker | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Matthew Gower | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Matthew Shafik | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Jon Stark | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Emma Newman | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Matthew Morris | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Hannah Mills Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record