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Hollybush Primary

Primary · Leeds · LS13 2JJ

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 13 January 2026 · report published 22 March 2026

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At a glance

337 pupils · 66% of 511 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
40.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
10.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
26.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.hollybushprimaryschool.org.uk/
URN
134513

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 29 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2015 entry went to 1.056 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 21 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2006 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 13 January 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 29 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2015 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.056 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
50%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
101
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school50%
Median of its 12 closest peers60.5%
Leeds average64.2%
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
Ryecroft AcademyLeeds · 2 miles awayOutstanding49%
Bridgtown Primary SchoolCannock · 80 miles awayNo current grade76%
Grange Farm Primary SchoolLeeds · 6 miles awayNeeds attention38%
Highfield AcademySunderland · 76 miles awayGood82%
Lakes Primary SchoolRedcar · 59 miles awayGood56%
Mary Swanwick Primary SchoolChesterfield · 38 miles awayGood72%
Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of SchoolsSouthampton · 199 miles awayGood (2019)83%
Ladywood Primary SchoolIlkeston · 60 miles awayGood60%
Hayes SchoolPaignton · 248 miles awayGood79%
St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolBirmingham · 97 miles awayGood46%
Spa Academy AskernDoncaster · 23 miles awayNeeds attention61%
Hawksworth Wood Primary SchoolLeeds · 1 miles awayGood41%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 67% (Leeds 57%, England 60%) · Black African 10% (Leeds 9%, England 5%) · Any other White background 5% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Leeds 6%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 3% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Leeds 3%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Leeds 0%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Leeds 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Leeds 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Leeds 2%, England 2%)

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)
8.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
28.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

11.45 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Leeds: 2.05 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
16.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

5% of teachers took sickness absence, 2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £43,408; 21.1% 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£9,659
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£213,178; in-year balance -£382,422

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher22.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications27.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways30.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier42.5%62.3%
Social housing48.4%17.1%
Privately rented9.1%20.5%
Detached houses2%22.9%
Flats24.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van40.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011332 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£190,000353 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£165,000–£222,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£260,000
Semi-detached (164)£210,000
Terraced (150)£172,000
Flat (24)£119,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.70 km, 2015 entry): 1,081 sales, median £203,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
27an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
13an 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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