Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery

Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery has made significant progress since its last inspection, now achieving a 'Good' rating overall. The school provides a positive environment where pupils feel safe, supported, and motivated to learn. Pupils demonstrate a strong sense of community and are engaged in their education, aspiring to various futures. The leadership has improved educational quality effectively despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, ensuring that the curriculum is tailored to meet students' needs, especially in reading and other core subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, polite, and welcoming.
• The quality of education has significantly improved since the last inspection.
• Leaders have designed an effective curriculum that considers pupils' needs.
• The early years provision is strong, supporting children well for their next stages.
• Support for pupils with SEND is robust and effectively tailored.
• The school fosters a strong ethos of inclusivity and diversity.

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, the planning does not identify and deliver key knowledge and skills effectively.

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 Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.1% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery 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 Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.1% 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, 11.4% of pupils at Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% 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 Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery received £8,438 and spent £8,248 for each of its 203 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £94,000 (£464 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 Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery is Good, from an inspection in March 2022.

When was Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery was last inspected in March 2022.

How many pupils does Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery have?

Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery has 210 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery cover?

Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery?

Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery is at Longcroft Drive, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 7QG.