Holt House Infant School

Community school·Infant school Sheffield·S7 2EW

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Holt House Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

43 first choices, 48 places

First choices per place

0.90

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

113

any preference, for 48 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9020220.9320231.0220240.8520250.902026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Holt House Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 175
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

10.9%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

5.7%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

21.7%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.6%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.0%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

15.8%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

24.3

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,415

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Carter Knowle Junior School Sheffield · 0.1 mi 75.3 Meersbrook Bank Primary School Sheffield · 0.5 mi 56.9 Nether Edge Primary School Sheffield · 0.6 mi 69.5 Woodseats Primary School Sheffield · 0.6 mi 47.2 St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School Sheffield · 0.7 mi 55.9 Dobcroft Junior School Sheffield · 0.8 mi 77.7 Abbey Lane Primary School Sheffield · 0.8 mi 35.6 Mundella Primary School Sheffield · 0.9 mi 49.0

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Holt House Infant School is a primary school serving Sheffield, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 175 pupils aged 4 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Holt House Infant School 'Good'.

Holt House Infant School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 43 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 24.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.