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Hollywood Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 399Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 149607URN

Pickenham Road, Hollywood, Birmingham, B14 4TG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
0.2 below Birmingham median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Birmingham

117 applications for 47 places · 160th of 262 in Birmingham
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
51%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 30 June 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.5applications per place, Reception
0.2 below Birmingham median (2.7) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

117 applications · 47 places offered · 42 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Birmingham median median 2.7
  2. 2025 2.0; Birmingham median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.3; Birmingham median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.1; Birmingham median median 2.7; as the previous school
  5. 2022 2.2; Birmingham median median 2.7; as the previous school
  6. 2021 2.4; Birmingham median median 2.8; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.8; Birmingham median median 2.8; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.4; Birmingham median median 2.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.1; Birmingham median median 2.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.6; Birmingham median median 2.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.1; Birmingham median median 2.2; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.3; Birmingham median median 2.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.2; Birmingham median median 2.1; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Birmingham median

Dashed bars: as Hollywood Primary School (URN 103314), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026471172.5420.89
Sep 2025541092.0480.89
Sep 2024471102.3440.94
Sep 2023 *601262.1510.85
Sep 2022 *601292.2490.82
Sep 2021 *521242.4490.94
Sep 2020 *601662.8641.07
Sep 2019 *551292.4520.95
Sep 2018 *601242.1530.88
Sep 2017 *591512.6651.10
Sep 2016 *601272.1621.03
Sep 2015 *601362.3731.22
Sep 2014 *611352.2731.20

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 66% · Writing 72% · Maths 64% → all three 51% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard51%218th of 257 in Birmingham
Reading
Expected standard66%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard72%
Greater depth10%
Maths
Expected standard64%
Higher standard20%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Birmingham median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2551%10%103102
2023/2449%3%106105
2022/2352%3%105103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
149607 · 330/2288
Trust
The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust
Capacity
433 pupils · 399 on roll
Free school meals
37.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2023
Replaced
Hollywood Primary School (URN 103314)
Address
Pickenham Road, Hollywood, Birmingham, B14 4TG
Local authority
Birmingham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources