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Hollingwood Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 313 pupils Chesterfield
Ofsted: Good
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Hollingwood Primary School is an academy converter in Chesterfield for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 313 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Hollingwood Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2020 of its predecessor, Hollingwood Primary School. In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: November 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Lilac Street
Hollingwood
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S43 2JG
Phone 01246472417
Reference Number 148608

General Makeup

Number of pupils 313
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.44%
Girls: 48.56%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 23.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 3.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 19.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 17
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 14 13 27
2 18 25 43
3 22 24 46
4 19 23 42
5 22 21 43
6 31 14 45

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 91.7%
Unclassified 3.2%
Indian 1%
White & Black (African) 1%
African 1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Mixed, Other 0.3%
Asian, Other 0.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Hollingwood Primary School, inspected in October 2020.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 22 Oct 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
22 Oct 2024 School inspection
08 Jul 2021 Academy conversion letter
15 Oct 2020 Monitoring visit
Previously as Hollingwood Primary School
06 Mar 2018 Short inspection
04 Mar 2014 Full inspection:
14 Nov 2012 Monitoring visit
13 Sep 2012 Full inspection:
18 May 2010 Full inspection:
11 Dec 2006 Full inspection:
18 Jun 2001 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 64%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 8%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 105
Maths 105

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -2.2
Writing 0.2
Maths -2.4

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 26 0
Third Preference 17 1
From another Local Authority 1 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Hollingwood Primary School had 283 pupils for 315 places. 32 places (10.2%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Inkersall/Staveley/Duckmanton/Poolsbrook/Arkwright Primary” planning area

Derbyshire counted 158 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 172 in 2029–30, up 9%.

2022202320242025
Places 280280315315
Pupils 314307308283
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%2.2%10.2%

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 Hollingwood Primary School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2022202320242025
Authorised absence 5.3%5.0%3.6%2.8%
Unauthorised absence 1.4%0.9%1.0%0.7%
Severely absent pupils 0.4%0.0%0.4%0.0%

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 Hollingwood Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.0
Permanent exclusions 0000

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 Hollingwood Primary School had 21.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.111.010.911.211.8
Teachers who left state teaching 17.8%15.4%8.8%17.6%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 46.7%75.0%18.2%15.4%–
Sick days per teacher 1.73.50.40.8–

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, 14.4% of pupils at Hollingwood Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 14 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 6 9
Moderate learning difficulty 10 0
Speech, language and communication needs 7 0
No specialist assessment of need 6 0
Down's syndrome 1 0
Physical disability 0 1
Severe learning difficulty 0 1
Specific learning difficulty 0 1
Vision impairment 1 0

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 Hollingwood Primary School received £6,947 and spent £6,614 for each of its 315 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £141,000 (£448 per pupil).

Across all 35 schools of Flying High Trust, income was £7,225 and spending £7,388 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2022202320242025
Revenue reserve £75,000-£37,000-£22,000£141,000
per pupil £223-£114-£69£448
In-year balance -£5,000-£135,000£1,000£105,000
per pupil -£15-£413£3£334

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.

Name Distance
Henry Bradley Infant School
Princess Street, Brimington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 1HR
0.48 miles
Inkersall Spencer Academy
Inkersall Green Road, Inkersall, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3SE
0.73 miles
Barrow Hill Primary Academy
Station Road, Barrow Hill, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2PG
0.84 miles
St Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) Primary School
Calver Crescent, Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3LY
0.89 miles
Staveley Junior School
College Avenue, Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3XE
0.94 miles
Speedwell Infant School
College Avenue, Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3JJ
1 miles
Brimington Junior School
Springvale Road, Brimington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 1HF
1.02 miles
Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery School
Manor Road, Brimington Common, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 1NT
1.26 miles
New Whittington Community Primary School
London Street, New Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2AQ
1.32 miles
Poolsbrook Primary Academy
Cottage Close, Poolsbrook, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3LF
1.76 miles
Calow CofE VC Primary School
North Road, Calow, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S44 5BD
1.78 miles
Duckmanton Primary School
West Crescent, Duckmanton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S44 5HD
1.88 miles
Chesterfield Hospital School
Knightingale Red Ward, Chesterfield, S44 5BL
1.97 miles
Arkwright Primary School
School Lane, Arkwright Town, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S44 5BZ
1.98 miles
Mary Swanwick Primary School
Church Street North, Old Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 9QW
2.03 miles
Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy
Scarsdale Road, Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8NF
2.12 miles
St Peter and St Paul School
Brambling House, Chesterfield, S41 0EF
2.18 miles
Norbriggs Primary School
Norbriggs Road, Mastin Moor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3BW
2.18 miles
Cavendish Junior School
Edmund Street, Newbold Moor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8TD
2.28 miles
Christ Church CofE Primary School
Tapton View Road, Stonegravels, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 7JU
2.29 miles
Name Distance
Springwell Community College
Middlecroft Road, Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3NQ
0.86 miles
Netherthorpe School
Ralph Road, Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3PU
1.64 miles
Whittington Green School
High Street, Old Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 9LG
1.72 miles
Bluebank School
Peter Webster Centre, Sheffield Road, Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, S41 8LQ
2.01 miles
Holly House Special School
Church Street North, Old Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 9QR
2.15 miles
Chesterfield College
Infirmary Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 7NG
2.4 miles
Outwood Academy Newbold
Highfield Lane, Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8BA
2.42 miles
Include-West Bars
23 West Bars, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 1AB
2.83 miles
St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Newbold Road, Upper Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8AG
3.09 miles
Eckington School
Dronfield Road, Sheffield, Derbyshire, S21 4GN
3.17 miles
Outwood Academy Hasland Hall
Broomfield Avenue, Hasland, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 0LP
3.21 miles
Parkside Community School
Boythorpe Avenue, Boythorpe, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 2NS
3.29 miles
Ashgate Croft School
Ashgate Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 4BN
3.52 miles
Brookfield Community School
Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 3NS
4.29 miles
Jasmine Grove School
Oxcroft House, 10 Oxcroft Lane, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S44 6DJ
4.31 miles
Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School
Green Lane, Dronfield, Derbyshire, S18 2FZ
4.5 miles
Heritage High School
Boughton Lane, Clowne, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 4QG
4.66 miles
New Direction
New Direction, Ringer Villa Farm, Ringer Lane, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 4BX
4.88 miles
The Bolsover School
Mooracre Lane, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S44 6XA
4.91 miles

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Hollingwood Primary School is part of Flying High Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

What is Hollingwood Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hollingwood Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2020 of its predecessor, Hollingwood Primary School.

When was Hollingwood Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hollingwood Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Hollingwood Primary School have?

Hollingwood Primary School has 313 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hollingwood Primary School cover?

Hollingwood Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Hollingwood Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hollingwood Primary School?

Hollingwood Primary School is at Lilac Street, Hollingwood, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2JG.

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