Holly Park Primary School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Holly Park is an exceptionally caring school where children are happy and feel safe. Teachers have high expectations and use excellent techniques like open-ended questioning to help pupils learn. The school offers a rich, exciting curriculum with wonderful enrichment opportunities that bring learning to life and build pupil confidence.
Key Strengths
- Strong leadership that has improved achievement across the school, particularly in reading
- Excellent safeguarding culture with rigorous systems and comprehensive staff training
- Caring, nurturing environment where every pupil is known well and behaviour is good
- Effective teaching of phonics and structured reading and mathematics instruction
- Broad, balanced curriculum with exciting activities including trips and music provision
Areas for Improvement
- Limited opportunities for pupils to write at length across the curriculum
- Inconsistent handwriting standards and poor presentation of some written work
- Assessment procedures need development in subjects beyond English and mathematics
- Middle leaders need stronger systems to measure progress in the wider curriculum
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective with strong culture, rigorous checks, comprehensive staff training, and thorough documentation on vulnerable pupils.
Extracurricular Activities
After-school clubs, sports clubs, residential opportunities, trips to places of interest, music provision including singing at the House of Lords, assemblies and performances
Holly Park Primary School is a good school where the leadership team has successfully raised achievement and improved teaching quality in recent years. The school provides a caring, safe environment where pupils make good progress in most subjects, particularly in reading.
At a Glance
23.3%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 81% to 71%. Maths has declined from 76% to 62%. Writing has declined from 71% to 58%.
Class Sizes
25.9
Avg class size
27.2
Infant (KS1)
28.4
KS2
14
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
94%
Near capacity
396 pupils
420 capacity
24 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - London
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Admissions Demand - Barnet
Places available
4,376
Applications
3,709
Got 1st preference
84.3%
Got preferred school
97.1%
Primary admissions across Barnet (2025/26)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.59569%
Overall absence
10.59783%
Persistent absence
368
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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