Holly Meadows School

Holly Meadows School is characterized as a warm and friendly community where pupils thrive and enjoy a rich array of educational and extracurricular activities. The school has maintained a consistent level of performance, achieving a good rating across all inspected areas, including the quality of education and personal development. The curriculum is well-structured and emphasizes knowledge, helping pupils develop important skills in reading and mathematics from an early age. However, the school is aware of the need for greater consistency in implementing teaching approaches and managing classroom routines, which sometimes affects pupil focus and learning outcomes.

Strengths

• Strong community atmosphere where pupils feel valued and cared for.
• Well-sequenced and knowledge-focused curriculum that enhances pupils' learning.
• Effective measures in place to support pupils with special educational needs.
• Pupils demonstrate positive behavior and reflect the school’s values.
• High-quality early years provision that fosters language and communication skills.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the teaching approaches for reading and mathematics.
• Classroom routines are not always effectively managed, leading to occasional disturbances in learning.
• The early years curriculum is still developing with a need for clearer vocabulary focus.

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 Holly Meadows School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.4% 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, 3.0% of pupils at Holly Meadows 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 Holly Meadows School had 16.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 22.8% of pupils at Holly Meadows School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.6% 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 Holly Meadows School received £8,664 and spent £8,684 for each of its 123 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £2,000 (-£19 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 Holly Meadows School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Holly Meadows School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Holly Meadows School last inspected by Ofsted?

Holly Meadows School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Holly Meadows School have?

Holly Meadows School has 123 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holly Meadows School cover?

Holly Meadows School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Holly Meadows School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Holly Meadows School?

Holly Meadows School is at Vong Lane, Pott Row, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1BW.