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Holywell Primary and Nursery School

Primary Ages 3-11 410 pupils Birmingham
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Holywell Primary and Nursery School is an academy sponsor led in Birmingham for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 410 pupils on roll. In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address School Road
Rubery
Rednal
Birmingham
West Midlands
B45 9EY
Phone 01214537829
Reference Number 150630

General Makeup

Number of pupils 410
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.02%
Girls: 50.98%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 22.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 20 24 44
2 24 29 53
3 19 28 47
4 24 36 60
5 31 28 59
6 31 30 61

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 85.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 7.6%
White & Asian 2.9%
Unclassified 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
African 0.7%
Mixed, Other 0.5%
White, Other 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Irish 0.2%
Asian, Other 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
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How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 70%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 2%

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 104
Maths 104

How many students meet the standards

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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.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 25 7
Third Preference 18 1
From another Local Authority 41 29

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Holywell Primary and Nursery School had 373 pupils for 420 places. 47 places (11.2%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Rubery Primary Phase” planning area

Worcestershire counted 126 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 134 in 2029–30, up 6%.

20242025
Places 420420
Pupils 380373
Unfilled 9.5%11.2%

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 Holywell Primary and Nursery School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20242025
Authorised absence 4.6%3.7%
Unauthorised absence 2.2%1.6%
Severely absent pupils 0.6%0.6%

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, 1.0% of pupils at Holywell Primary and Nursery School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 2.7
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Holywell Primary and Nursery School had 21.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 10.911.9
Teachers who left state teaching 5.1%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 61.5%–
Sick days per teacher 2.8–

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, 20.5% of pupils at Holywell Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 49 8
Social, emotional and mental health 19 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 8 2
Moderate learning difficulty 5 1
Specific learning difficulty 2 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Physical disability 0 1

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 Holywell Primary and Nursery School received £6,637 and spent £7,324 for each of its 404 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £41,000 (-£101 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Stour Vale Academy Trust, income was £7,406 and spending £7,402 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve -£41,000
per pupil -£101
In-year balance -£277,000
per pupil -£687

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
Beaconside Primary and Nursery School
Hazel Road, Rubery, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 9DX
0.48 miles
Reaside Academy
Tresco Close, Frankley, Rubery, Birmingham, B45 0HY
0.63 miles
St James Catholic Primary School
Leach Heath Lane, Rednal, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 9BN
0.87 miles
Holly Hill Methodist CofE Infant School
New Street, Rubery, Rednal, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 0EU
1 miles
Rubery Nursery School
Leybrook Road, Birmingham, B45 9PB
1.23 miles
Rednal Hill Junior School
Irwin Avenue, Rednal, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 8QY
1.31 miles
Rednal Hill Infant School
Irwin Avenue, Rednal, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 8QY
1.31 miles
Colmers Farm Primary School
Leybrook Road, Rubery, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 9PB
1.32 miles
Forestdale Primary School
Wareham Road, Frankley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 0JS
1.58 miles
Lickey Hills Primary School and Nursery
Old Birmingham Road, Lickey, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 8EU
1.62 miles
St Columba's Catholic Primary School
Lickey Road, Rednal, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 8TD
1.75 miles
Romsley St Kenelm's CofE Primary School
Bromsgrove Road, Romsley, Halesowen, West Midlands, B62 0LF
1.82 miles
Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT Academy
Trescott Road, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 5QD
2.13 miles
The Meadows Primary School
Bristol Road South, Northfield, Bristol Road South, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 2SW
2.28 miles
Fairfield First School
Stourbridge Road, Fairfield, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 9LZ
2.29 miles
Catshill First School
Gibb Lane, Catshill, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0JP
2.37 miles
Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy
Turves Green, Longbridge, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 4RD
2.53 miles
Catshill Middle School
Meadow Road, Catshill, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0JW
2.54 miles
The Orchards Primary Academy
Rhayader Road, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 1TX
2.63 miles
St Brigid's Catholic Primary School
Frankley Beeches Road, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 5AB
2.65 miles
Name Distance
Waseley Hills High School
School Road, Rubery, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 9EL
0.16 miles
King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy
New Street, Frankley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 0EU
0.96 miles
Colmers School and Sixth Form College
Bristol Road South, Rednal, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 9NY
1.24 miles
Chadsgrove School
Meadow Road, Catshill, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0JL
2.59 miles
Turves Green Boys' School
Turves Green, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 4BS
2.64 miles
King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls
Turves Green, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 4BP
2.76 miles
King Edward VI Five Ways School
Scotland Lane, Bartley Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B32 4BT
3 miles
Victoria School
Bell Hill, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 1LD
3.19 miles
Bartley Green School
Adams Hill, Birmingham, West Midlands, B32 3QJ
3.34 miles
E-ACT Shenley Academy
Shenley Lane, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 4HE
3.43 miles
New Ways School
300 Redhill road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B38 9EL
3.49 miles
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
Wychall Lane, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B38 8AP
3.76 miles
Sunfield Garden School and Children's Home
Clent Grove, Woodman Lane, Clent, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY9 9PB
3.8 miles
Bournville School
Hay Green Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1SH
3.95 miles
North Bromsgrove High School
School Drive, Stratford Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 1BA
3.97 miles
Graduately Developing Futures
Flourishing Fields Farm, Stonehouse Lane, Hopwood, Worcestershire, B48 7BB
4.03 miles
The Earls High School
Furnace Lane, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 3SL
4.16 miles
King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys
Northfield Road, King's Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1DY
4.16 miles
Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre
Stonehouse Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, B32 3AE
4.17 miles
Windsor High School and Sixth Form
Richmond Street, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 4BB
4.18 miles

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Holywell Primary and Nursery School is part of Stour Vale Academy Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Holywell Primary and Nursery School have?

Holywell Primary and Nursery School has 410 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holywell Primary and Nursery School cover?

Holywell Primary and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Holywell Primary and Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Holywell Primary and Nursery School?

Holywell Primary and Nursery School is at School Road, Rubery, Rednal, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 9EY.

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