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Holly Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Holly Drive, Forest Town, Mansfield NG19 0NT · holly.notts.sch.uk · 01623 477280
On the mapSearch near NG19 0NT
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Nottinghamshire 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Nottinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 298
- 18 over 280 places · 106%
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 10%
- First language not English
- 6.4%
- 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: Nottinghamshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 35 families put the school first and 35 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 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 40 | 43 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 40 | 43 | 1.1▲ | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 40 | 41 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Nottinghamshire it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 July 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Holly Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 13 Jul 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (79 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 79
- 25% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied