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Holly Spring Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Lily Hill Road, Bracknell RG12 2SW · hollyspringprimary.co.uk · 01344 483920
On the mapSearch near RG12 2SW
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 48%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bracknell Forest 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Bracknell Forest Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 603
- 91% of 660 places
- Local authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 17.9%
- First language not English
- 34.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Bracknell Forest Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 65 families put the school first and 81 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 81 | 65 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 71 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 84 | 61 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 73 | 72 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 86 | 71 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 48% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Bracknell Forest it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼48% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●104 | 105 | |
Ofsted
Holly Spring Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 19 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (60 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 60
- 9% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (32%) with SEND