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Holly Park Primary School

Primary · London · N11 3HG

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 7 March 2024

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At a glance

396 pupils · 94% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
23.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
47.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.hollyparkschool.co.uk/
URN
101286

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 25 families named it first for 31 Reception places, 0.81 first choices per place. We hold 11 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2014 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 7 March 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.81 first-choice applications per place

31 places offered · 25 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2020 entry)

Living outside defined area
0.435 miles

2020 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

55 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
49%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school49%
Median of its 12 closest peers68.5%
Barnet average73%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Tithe Farm Primary SchoolDunstable · 26 miles awayGood41%
Hazelwood Junior SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayGood71%
Oak View Primary and Nursery SchoolHatfield · 10 miles awayGood70%
William Torbitt Primary SchoolIlford · 11 miles awayGood64%
Whybridge Junior SchoolRainham · 16 miles awayGood69%
Savile Park Primary SchoolHalifax · 162 miles awayGood42%
Bowes Primary SchoolLondon · 1 miles awayOutstanding87%
Malden Manor Primary and Nursery SchoolNew Malden · 17 miles awayGood78%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayExpected standard68%
Holy Trinity Primary School, A Church of England AcademyHalifax · 162 miles awayExpected standard61%
Gravel Hill Primary SchoolBexleyheath · 17 miles awayNeeds attention56%
Queen Emma Primary SchoolCambridge · 41 miles awayGood71%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 27% (Barnet 24%, England 7%) · White British 24% (Barnet 26%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Barnet 13%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Barnet 6%, England 3%) · Black African 7% (Barnet 7%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 6% (Barnet 4%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Barnet 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Barnet 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Barnet 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Barnet 5%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Barnet 3%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (Barnet 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Barnet 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Barnet 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Barnet 2%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Barnet: 0.85 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £59,350; 17.4% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,746
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£266,083; in-year balance -£245,248

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher50.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier56.7%62.3%
Social housing14.3%17.1%
Privately rented28.8%20.5%
Detached houses3.5%22.9%
Flats50.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van28.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000158 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£500,000404 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£351,500–£654,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£825,000
Semi-detached (88)£742,500
Terraced (116)£560,000
Flat (188)£347,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
42an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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