Admissions Criteria

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 24 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 all cases a completed ‘Information Passport’ is needed for all areas of HPRS provision. This can be found on the ‘Referral Form’ page.

Schools are encouraged to discuss referrals with the respective Head of Centre in the first instance.

We are not able to take direct referrals from parents.