Holly Hill Methodist CofE Infant School
Primary · Birmingham · B45 0EU
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 25 January 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
186 pupils · 90% of 206 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England/Methodist
- Free school meals
- 63.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 20.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 24.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 4.9% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.hollyhill.bham.sch.uk
- URN
- 103479
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.05 first-choice applications per place60 places offered · 63 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
76% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 24% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 24 January 2023: School remains Good
- 17 May 2017: Good
- 21 March 2016: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 16 October 2015: Not taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.