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Hollywood Primary School

Primary · Birmingham · B14 4TG

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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: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 30 June 2026 · report published 7 September 2026

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At a glance

399 pupils · 92% of 433 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
37.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.hollywoodschool.co.uk/
URN
149607

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 42 families named it first for 47 Reception places, 0.89 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 1831 m (≈1.14 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 30 June 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 5.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.89 first-choice applications per place

47 places offered · 42 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1831 m (≈1.14 mi)

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
51%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
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 school51%
Median of its 12 closest peers50.5%
Birmingham average64.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
St Margaret Mary's Catholic Junior SchoolLiverpool · 81 miles awayGood76%
Berewood Primary SchoolWaterlooville · 111 miles awayGood50%
Blackfield Primary and Nursery SchoolSouthampton · 112 miles awayGood66%
Hangleton Primary SchoolHove · 129 miles awayGood51%
The Weatheralls Primary SchoolSoham · 94 miles awayRequires improvement44%
Huyton With Roby Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool · 81 miles awayExpected standard67%
Shirehampton Primary SchoolBristol · 72 miles awayGood47%
Bolsover Church of England Junior SchoolChesterfield · 62 miles awayGood48%
Westerhope Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 180 miles awayNot yet graded70%
Dial Park Primary SchoolStockport · 69 miles awayGood48%
Haymoor Junior SchoolPoole · 114 miles awayGood64%
Cirencester Primary SchoolCirencester · 48 miles awayGood38%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
13 of 13 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 70% (Birmingham 24%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 4% (Birmingham 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Birmingham 23%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 2% (Birmingham 5%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Birmingham 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · other groups together 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)
5.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.16 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Birmingham: 2.51 suspensions and 0.07 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
18.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 4.46% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

26.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.3 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 £49,674; 12.5% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,010
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 84% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 2% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 0% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£350,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work34.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier91.7%62.3%
Social housing0.6%17.1%
Privately rented7.5%20.5%
Detached houses10.2%22.9%
Flats0%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms14.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01008949 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£247,000318 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£220,000–£295,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (27)£372,000
Semi-detached (167)£261,000
Terraced (113)£227,000
Flat (11)£140,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.83 km, 2023 entry): 832 sales, median £255,000. 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
14an 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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