Holt Farm Junior School

Holt Farm Junior School is performing well overall, demonstrating a good quality of education, effective leadership, and a positive school environment. Pupils show high levels of engagement in their learning and exhibit positive behavior. The curriculum is well structured, enabling students to build essential knowledge and skills, particularly in reading, where support is promptly provided. The school fosters a caring community that encourages personal development through various extra-curricular activities and leadership opportunities. However, there are minor concerns regarding the consistency of curriculum delivery in some subjects and the support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), which require attention for further improvement.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit positive attitudes to learning and engage actively.
• The school environment is calm, orderly, and welcoming.
• Effective additional support is provided for pupils needing help with reading.
• Leaders prioritize and enhance pupils' personal development through a range of activities.
• The curriculum supports strong subject knowledge development.

Areas for Improvement

• Some areas of the curriculum are underdeveloped, particularly in mathematical reasoning.
• Inconsistencies in support for pupils with SEND affect their learning outcomes.

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 Holt Farm Junior School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.3% 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, 2.6% of pupils at Holt Farm Junior 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 Holt Farm Junior School had 25.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.3% 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, 22.3% of pupils at Holt Farm Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% 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 2024–25 Holt Farm Junior School received £6,071 and spent £6,263 for each of its 310 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £276,000 (£889 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of South East Essex Academy Trust, income was £7,331 and spending £7,262 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 Rochford · Essex local authority: places and applications

Holt Farm Junior School is part of South East Essex Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Rochford Primary and Nursery School Rochford
• Heycroft Primary School Leigh-On-Sea
• Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery Westcliff-On-Sea
• Westcliff High School for Girls Westcliff-On-Sea
• The Westborough School Westcliff-On-Sea
• Hadleigh Junior School Benfleet
• The Deanes Benfleet
• The Cornelius Vermuyden School Canvey Island

What is Holt Farm Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Holt Farm Junior School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Holt Farm Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Holt Farm Junior School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Holt Farm Junior School have?

Holt Farm Junior School has 296 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holt Farm Junior School cover?

Holt Farm Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Holt Farm Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Holt Farm Junior School?

Holt Farm Junior School is at Ashingdon Road, Hawkwell, Rochford, Essex, SS4 1RS.