Hollycroft Primary School

Hollycroft Primary School is a small, growing school that opened in 2023 and is part of Owls Academy Trust. Inspectors found it to be a nurturing, highly inclusive school where pupils are happy, feel safe and behave exceptionally well. Safeguarding standards are met. Most areas are graded strong standard, including attendance and behaviour, early years, inclusion, and leadership and governance. Early years is a particular strength, with an ambitious curriculum and effective teaching. Inclusion is also strong, with effective support for pupils with SEND, disadvantaged pupils and those known to social care.

Strengths

• Strong and highly positive behaviour across the school
• High expectations and effective attendance tracking
• Early years provision is a significant strength
• Highly inclusive environment for all pupils, including those with SEND
• Effective leadership and governance with strong support and challenge
• Strong focus on personal development and wellbeing
• Effective phonics teaching and early reading foundations
• Good support for disadvantaged pupils and those known to social care
• Positive relationships with parents and the wider community
• Rich range of enrichment opportunities beyond the classroom

Areas for Improvement

• Achievement is at expected standard overall, with variation in writing
• Teaching in writing and mathematics shows some variation in building on strong foundations
• Misconceptions such as letter and digit formation and spelling are not always addressed
• Assessment processes need refinement to consistently identify misconceptions and knowledge gaps
• Pupils' understanding of mental health is still being strengthened to match physical wellbeing

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 Hollycroft Primary School attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 25.0% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Hollycroft Primary 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 Hollycroft Primary School had 16.1 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, 18.3% of pupils at Hollycroft Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 25.4% 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 Hollycroft Primary School received £11,327 and spent £11,689 for each of its 47 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £102,000 (£2,173 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Oadby, Wigston and Leicestershire Schools Academy Trust, income was £6,437 and spending £6,453 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 Hinckley · Leicestershire local authority: places and applications

Hollycroft Primary School is part of Oadby, Wigston and Leicestershire Schools Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Hinckley Parks Primary School Hinckley
• Newlands Community Primary School Leicester
• New Lubbesthorpe Primary School Leicester
• Ravenhurst Primary School Leicester
• Little Hill Primary Wigston
• Glenmere Community Primary School Wigston
• Langmoor Primary School Oadby Leicester
• Fernvale Primary School Leicester

What is Hollycroft Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hollycroft Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in August 2026.

When was Hollycroft Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hollycroft Primary School was last inspected in August 2026.

How many pupils does Hollycroft Primary School have?

Hollycroft Primary School has 71 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hollycroft Primary School cover?

Hollycroft Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Hollycroft Primary School?

Hollycroft Primary School is at Greenfinch Road, Greenfinch Road, Hinckley, LE10 3GL.