Holly Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.22 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Holly Primary School is a primary school in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 July 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Holly Primary 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	1.22 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

In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.22 miles away, the 76th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
For Reception 2026 there were 35 first-choice applications for 35 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
Of its pupils, 9.7% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 24.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Nottinghamshire.

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: Holly Drive, Forest Town, Mansfield, NG19 0NT
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 298 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 9.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19.2

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 14 July 2023

Strengths

“Holly Primary School is a welcoming and enjoyable place to learn.”
“The ‘Holly values’ are at the heart of this school.”
“Pupils are happy, proud and committed to their learning.”

To improve

“In a small number of subjects, leaders are still working on refining the key knowledge that pupils will learn.”
“Leaders want to develop this further so that the checks on pupils’ knowledge in other subjects are as precise.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 September 2023 (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)	70%	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: 35 first-preference applications, 35 offers in total, 35 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.

Forest Town Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Heatherley Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Abbey Primary School 0.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
Peafield Lane Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Oak Tree Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
Asquith Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
John T Rice Infant and Nursery School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published