Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.333 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 November 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 2.333 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 2.333 miles away, the 122nd longest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 22 first-choice applications for 22 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 2024/25: 51% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Nottinghamshire that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Nottinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- School Road, Off Portland Road, Selston, Nottingham, NG16 6AW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 313 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 November 2023
Strengths
- “This is a happy and thriving school.”
- “They know these values are central to everyone following, ‘The Holly Hill Way’.”
- “Pupils demonstrate these values in their sensible behaviour and considerate manner.”
To improve
- “In a small number of lessons, staff don’t give pupils enough opportunities to do this well.”
- “This means that pupils do not always remember what they have been taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 51% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 22 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 22 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Nottinghamshire.
- Selston Church of England Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bagthorpe Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kirkby Woodhouse School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Westwood Infant and Nursery School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Underwood Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Jacksdale Primary and Nursery School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Orchard Primary School and Nursery 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Annesley Primary and Nursery School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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