Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School

Community school·Primary school Nottinghamshire·NG16 6AW
Composite score
37.8
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#11,615
National rank
#1055
In East Midlands
#188
In Nottinghamshire
Top 78%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
51%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
50
any preference, for 22 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Holly Hill Primary and Nursery 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).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
312
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
37.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,849
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School

Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Nottinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 312 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 51% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 1.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School their first choice was offered one of its 22 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 24.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.

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