Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School

Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School is a small, welcoming and inclusive school where pupils enjoy attending, behave well and feel safe. Early years provision is strong, reading is a high priority and pupils develop into confident, fluent readers. Mathematics is also a relative strength, and pupils benefit from a nurturing environment, positive relationships and good support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Staff are proud to work at the school, and governors provide good support and challenge.

Strengths

• Pupils are friendly, polite and well behaved, and they attend well.
• Children in early years quickly learn routines and develop positive learning behaviours in a vibrant environment.
• The school is inclusive and nurturing, with positive relationships and strong support for pupils with SEND.
• Reading is a high priority, and the phonics and early reading approach is effective.
• Pupils read books matched to their phonics stage and receive timely support to keep up.
• Mathematics is a relative strength, with pupils developing fluency and applying it to complex problems.
• The curriculum is designed to capture pupils' interests and develop curiosity.
• Pupils take on meaningful leadership roles, such as the e-safety team.
• Staff value the support for their well-being and workload.
• Governors provide good support and challenge to the school.
• The school offers extra-curricular opportunities, trips and visitors that develop pupils' talents and interests.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, curriculum implementation is not clear enough for pupils to understand the subject-specific learning.
• Pupils sometimes find it difficult to distinguish between subjects such as history and geography, hindering links to prior learning.
• Too many pupils find it difficult to recall their learning in some foundation subjects.
• Teachers do not always address pupils' errors and misconceptions, leading to repeated errors, especially in writing.
• The school's quality assurance of the curriculum is not effective in checking its impact on pupils.
• The school is not meeting statutory obligations for relationships, sex and health education.
• Pupils are not well prepared for life in modern Britain and lack knowledge of world faiths, fundamental British values, protected characteristics and healthy relationships.
• Pupils with SEND experience the same curriculum weaknesses as their peers and do not achieve as well as they could in some 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 Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.2% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Grimley and Holt CofE Primary 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 Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School had 17.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 31.8% 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, 5.4% of pupils at Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.4% 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 Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School received £8,332 and spent £8,286 for each of its 92 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £61,000 (-£667 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 Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School have?

Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School has 92 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School cover?

Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 18% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School?

Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School is at Grimley, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR2 6LU.