Holly Grove Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Burntwood, Staffordshire·WS7 1LU
Composite score
56.0
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#5,159
National rank
#509
In West Midlands
#88
In Staffordshire
Top 35%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
75%
40 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.33
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
69
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.37
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1 per place
n/a20220.9020230.8320240.9620251.332026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Holly Grove Primary Academy yet. Staffordshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
307
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,023
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Holly Grove Primary Academy is a primary school serving Burntwood, Staffordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 307 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Holly Grove Primary Academy 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 7.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 35% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 75% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (40 first choices for 30 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 25.5 pupils per teacher. 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.

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