Holtspur School & Pre-School

Holtspur School & Pre-School is performing well overall, maintaining a good standard of education and fostering a positive atmosphere for its pupils. The school promotes inclusivity and values diversity, ensuring that all students are supported emotionally and academically. The curriculum is well-planned and sequenced, which leads to engaged learning experiences; however, some students struggle to recall key knowledge due to less frequent opportunities to practice what they have learned. Despite some concerns regarding language use among pupils, leaders are proactive in managing these situations.

Strengths

• Strong nurturing environment for pupils' emotional needs.
• Effective teaching of phonics, leading to fluent readers.
• Wide range of extra-curricular clubs and experiences for pupils.
• Engaged and well-behaved pupils who embody school values.
• Staff trained well to monitor and support curriculum delivery.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent opportunities for pupils to practice and apply learned knowledge.
• Improvements in behaviour expectations not yet fully embedded.

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 Holtspur School & Pre-School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.0% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Holtspur School & Pre-School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Holtspur School & Pre-School had 18.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.8% 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, 23.0% of pupils at Holtspur School & Pre-School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 11 pupils.

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 Holtspur School & Pre-School received £9,976 and spent £9,902 for each of its 191 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £10,000 (£54 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 Holtspur School & Pre-School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Holtspur School & Pre-School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Holtspur School & Pre-School last inspected by Ofsted?

Holtspur School & Pre-School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Holtspur School & Pre-School have?

Holtspur School & Pre-School has 191 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holtspur School & Pre-School cover?

Holtspur School & Pre-School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Holtspur School & Pre-School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Holtspur School & Pre-School?

Holtspur School & Pre-School is at Cherry Tree Road, Holtspur, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1BH.