Holly Trees Primary School
Primary · Brentwood · CM14 5RY
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 24 May 2023
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417 pupils · 99% of 420 capacity
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 24.2% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 14.1% of pupils
- SEN support
- 9.8% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.8% of pupils
- URN
- 132142
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.92 first-choice applications per place60 places offered · 55 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
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.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
60 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
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)
87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 6% 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
- 23 May 2023: School remains Good
- 14 September 2017: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Warley Primary School
- Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School
- Brentwood County High School
- St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald
- Grove House School
- Becket Keys Church of England Free School
- Hogarth Primary School
- St Thomas of Canterbury Church of England Aided Primary School, Brentwood