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State primary · 3 to 7 · Mixed · Church of England/Methodist · 186 pupils

Holly Hill Methodist CofE Infant School

New Street, Rubery, Birmingham, B45 0EU
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027

In 2026 offers reached 0.7 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: Birmingham City Council offer-day figures, 2024 to 2026.

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Ofsted: School remains Good · January 2023No results: infantAbout one first choice per place (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Inspection
School remains Good, January 2023
Getting in
Oversubscribed; last offer 0.7 mi (2026)
Size
186 pupils; 60 places a year; classes of 28
Faith
Church of England/Methodist
Run by
Birmingham council
Type
Voluntary aided school
Ages
3 to 7 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Sessions missed: 7.3%, against 5.9% in Birmingham.
  • Persistently absent: 26.5%, against 16.9% in Birmingham.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 4.4, against 1.8 in Birmingham.
  • Oversubscribed: 1.1 first choices for each place (Reception 2026).
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At a glance

Against Birmingham and England
This schoolBirminghamEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
7.3%
Worse than Birmingham
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
26.5%
Worse than Birmingham
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
4.4
Worse than Birmingham
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
27.6
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
66%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
15.6
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.1
More sought after than Birmingham
Birmingham and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • A Church of England/Methodist school: its admissions policy may give priority by faith. DfE, Get Information about Schools
  • 63 families put it first for 60 places; 59 of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Quality

  • School remains Good Ofsted · inspected 25 January 2023
  • An infant school has no published results: its pupils sit the key stage 2 tests at the junior or primary school.

Daily life

  • Absence: 7.3% of sessions missed; 27% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 6.3% and 19% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 4 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 2); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 27.6 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 15.6 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 143 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 13 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 5 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 9.1 µg/m³, PM2.5 6.9 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Voluntary aided school is run by its local council (Birmingham), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception2026606360—0.7
Reception2024602627——

Source: Council offer-day figures: Birmingham City Council, 2024 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception202660638459
Reception202548487648
Reception202427264826
Reception202346426742
Reception202229245324
Reception202129276527
Reception202060508650
Reception201948457745
Reception201843398339
Reception201738316531

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
25 January 2023Ungraded visitSchool remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 2023.

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/257.3%4.8%2.6%27%1.0%
2023/249.0%6.0%3.0%34%2.0%
2022/237.8%5.4%2.4%26%1.6%
Schools with a similar intake6.3%19%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (40% or more), the median of 2777 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/254.42.2%80
2023/243.31.6%60
2022/230.00.0%00
Schools with a similar intake2.2

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size27.62025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher15.6November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus143

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20254
20240
20233
20226
20210

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 5 serious and 0 fatal in all; 4 involved a pedestrian, 1 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO29.12024
PM1011.02024
PM256.92024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals66%2025/26
First language other than English22%2025/26
SEN support26%2025/26
Education, health and care plan7.5%2025/26
Girls44%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Voluntary aided school is run by its local council (Birmingham), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Birmingham City Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Birmingham and the Birmingham league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.