Holyoakes Field First School
Primary · Redditch · B97 6HF
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 October 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
315 pupils · 97% of 326 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 13.9% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 18% of pupils
- SEN support
- 23.5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.7% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.holyoakes.worcs.sch.uk/
- URN
- 146719
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.96 first-choice applications per place51 places offered · 49 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.
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)
93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% 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, academy 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
- 8 October 2024: S5 Inspection
- 24 October 2023: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.