Holly Grove Primary Academy, Burntwood

Ofsted's report card from its 14 April 2026 inspection grades Holly Grove Primary Academy on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a strong and effective approach to attendance."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a well-considered and effective programme for personal development and wellbeing."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Published data for the school highlights how, by the end of key stage 2, most pupils attain above expected standards in reading, writing and mathematics."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have ensured that a curriculum is in place across all subjects."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years receive a positive start to their education."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders are clearly committed to inclusion."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders, governors and the trust have the interests of all pupils at the heart of their decision-making."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers provide pupils with sufficient opportunities to deepen and extend their learning across subjects, especially in writing"; "Leaders should ensure that teaching consistently enables pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, to access the full curriculum through precise and effective adaptations"; "Leaders should ensure that the writing curriculum is implemented consistently across all year groups, so that pupils have regular opportunities to write at length and in depth and to develop and apply their knowledge of grammar, punctuation, spelling and handwriting accurately".

In 2025, 94% of Year 6 pupils at Holly Grove Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 85% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 77% in Staffordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (91% in reading, 84% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 40 families put Holly Grove Primary Academy as their first choice and 69 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 10 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Holly Grove Primary Academy are Chase Terrace Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 69% reading, 78% maths); Boney Hay Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 61% reading, 70% maths); St Joseph & St Theresa Catholic Primary School (1 mile); and Springhill Primary Academy (1.1 miles, Good, 59% reading, 64% maths).

Holly Grove Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Holly Grove Primary Academy is one of 8 schools run by Primitas Learning Partnership, an academy trust.

12.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 1.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 56 pupils (19.1%) received SEN support and 8 (2.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Holly Grove Primary Academy had 11 teachers in 2026, one for every 25 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Hednesford Rail Station, about 3 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Johns Church (opposite), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Holly Grove Primary Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Holly Grove Primary Academy issued 3 suspensions, 1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Holly Grove Primary Academy are Chase Terrace Academy (0.5 miles), Norton Canes High School (1.3 miles) and Erasmus Darwin Academy (1.4 miles).