403:(213 pupils have passed a grade, with a quarter of pupils achieving grade 4 – diploma standard) Specialist professional instrumentalists lead 24 instrumental ensembles which include a Concert Band, Brass Band, Sax Choir, Guitar Group, Orchestra, Viol Consort, Steel Pans, String Ensembles, Ceilidh Band, Flutes Ensembles, Boys Woodwind Quartet, Keyboard Group, guitar group, boys choir, girls choir, a chamber choir, a Parent Staff Choir, a soul band and a Japanese Koto Group.
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Morocco, instrumentalists and singers performing in
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509:"New head teacher appointed to Bishops School"
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966:St Peter's Church of England Aided School
976:The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School
946:Crompton House Church of England Academy
239:The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School
24:The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School
1328:Specialist language colleges in England
595:"Headteacher laid the base for success"
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971:St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy
488:resources to complete research tasks.
750:"Emily setting her sights on stardom"
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1241:Royal National College for the Blind
1154:St Mary's Roman Catholic High School
1109:Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School
311:group of Church of England schools.
445:The school's most notable sport is
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1293:Secondary schools in Herefordshire
911:Worksop College Preparatory School
756:. 27 November 2007. Archived from
260:school and is administered by the
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652:"Daily Mail Cup official website"
1236:Herefordshire and Ludlow College
1200:Hereford Cathedral Junior School
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569:"Schools to share training tips"
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1169:Whitecross Hereford High School
841:Abbots Bromley School for Girls
730:"Matthew's achievement of note"
515:. 28 March 2007. Archived from
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1007:Alderley Edge School for Girls
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352:Sara Catlow-Hawkins 2007–2018
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1318:Training schools in England
1231:Hereford Sixth Form College
1149:Queen Elizabeth High School
248:in the Tupsley district of
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1134:John Masefield High School
355:Martin Henton 2018–present
48:Hampton Dene Road, Tupsley
1205:Hereford Cathedral School
1038:The Littlehampton Academy
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1159:Steiner Academy Hereford
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166:Department for Education
137:Religious affiliation(s)
881:The Peterborough School
349:Andrew Marson 1986–2007
1129:John Kyrle High School
941:Bishop Stopford School
866:Hurstpierpoint College
627:"Scott Bemand profile"
346:John Chapman 1978–1986
314:In September 1997 the
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131:Semper Christo Fidelis
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1119:Fairfield High School
1114:Earl Mortimer College
513:Herefordshire Council
473:Herefordshire Council
464:, France and Canada.
401:National Music Grades
360:Notable former pupils
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1124:The Hereford Academy
1028:St Augustine Academy
986:St Marylebone School
951:Derby Grammar School
901:The Cathedral School
658:on 11 September 2007
368:, rugby union player
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1257:Robert Owen Academy
1183:Independent schools
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305:Church of England
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