Hollybrook Infant School

Hollybrook Infant School is performing well, with an overall effectiveness rated as good. The school fosters a supportive and nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and motivated to learn. The school has demonstrated strengths particularly in reading and phonics, with pupils achieving better than their peers nationally in core subjects. Additionally, the leadership is attentive to the needs of staff and pupils alike, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, ensuring their inclusion and success across the curriculum. There is strong parental support for the school's efforts and programs.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve better than national peers in reading, writing, and mathematics.
• Strong focus on phonics and early reading in the early years.
• Well-attended extra-curricular clubs enhance pupil engagement.
• Staff effectively support pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Pupils enjoy a safe and happy school environment.

Areas for Improvement

• Sequencing of knowledge and skills in geography and history is not as strong.
• Expectations for learning in some foundation subjects are less ambitious.

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 Hollybrook Infant School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.8% 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, 1.7% of pupils at Hollybrook Infant 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 Hollybrook Infant School had 20.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.7% 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, 8.1% of pupils at Hollybrook Infant School 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 2024–25 Hollybrook Infant School received £7,035 and spent £6,846 for each of its 173 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £33,000 (£192 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of Hamwic Education Trust, income was £7,058 and spending £7,015 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Southampton · Southampton local authority: places and applications

Hollybrook Infant School is part of Hamwic Education Trust, which runs 36 schools. The nearest others:

• Hollybrook Junior School Southampton
• Upper Shirley High School Southampton
• Shirley Infant School Southampton
• Shirley Junior School Southampton
• Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School Southampton
• Beechwood Junior School Southampton
• Glenfield Infant School Southampton
• Townhill Infant School Southampton
• Ludlow Infant Academy Southampton
• Harefield Primary School Southampton

What is Hollybrook Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hollybrook Infant School is Good, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Hollybrook Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hollybrook Infant School was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Hollybrook Infant School have?

Hollybrook Infant School has 160 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hollybrook Infant School cover?

Hollybrook Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Hollybrook Infant School?

Hollybrook Infant School is at Hollybrook Infant School, Seagarth Close, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 6RN.