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Hollydale Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Hollydale Road, Nunhead, London SE15 2AR · hollydale.southwark.sch.uk · 020 7639 2562
On the mapSearch near SE15 2AR
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 59%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Southwark 70%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.55 mi
- 0.88 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Southwark Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 155
- 50% of 308 places
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 37.4%
- First language not English
- 14.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.55 mi (883 m) from the school. Source: Southwark Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 24 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 92% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 24 | 0.8 | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 28 | 20 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 13 | 9 | 0.7 | 89% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 15 | 12 | 0.8 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.55 mi0.88 km | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
Results
In 2024/25, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Southwark it was 70%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼59% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Hollydale Primary School on 1 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 1 Oct 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Jun 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2023Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (30 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 30
- 20% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 17% who had a child bullied