Holmer Green First School and Pre-School

Holmer Green First School and Pre-School continues to demonstrate solid performance as a good school, providing a creative and stimulating environment for its pupils. The school emphasizes resilience and collaboration through its mantra, 'NED,' encouraging students to persist and support each other in their learning journey. The curriculum is ambitious, with a strong focus on reading and mathematics, ensuring that children develop foundational skills effectively. Parents express satisfaction with the caring and inclusive atmosphere, and pupils feel safe and supported, contributing to a positive school culture.

Strengths

• Creative and stimulating learning environment
• Strong foundations established in early years
• High levels of engagement and motivation among pupils
• Strong emphasis on reading and structured phonics instruction
• Effective mathematics teaching developing confidence in complex tasks
• Caring and inclusive culture with strong relationships
• High expectations and practical experiences for pupils

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent identification of key knowledge in some foundation subjects

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Holmer Green First School and Pre-School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.6% of pupils at Holmer Green First School and Pre-School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Holmer Green First School and Pre-School had 20.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.7% of pupils at Holmer Green First School and Pre-School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Holmer Green First School and Pre-School received £8,431 and spent £9,273 for each of its 170 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £14,000 (£83 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Holmer Green First School and Pre-School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Holmer Green First School and Pre-School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Holmer Green First School and Pre-School last inspected by Ofsted?

Holmer Green First School and Pre-School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Holmer Green First School and Pre-School have?

Holmer Green First School and Pre-School has 170 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holmer Green First School and Pre-School cover?

Holmer Green First School and Pre-School for pupils aged 5 to 7.

Where is Holmer Green First School and Pre-School?

Holmer Green First School and Pre-School is at Watchet Lane, Holmer Green, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP15 6UG.