Holyoakes Field First School

About Holyoakes Field First School

Parents considering Holyoakes Field First School will find strong signals of satisfaction from those already in the school community. In the most recent Parent View survey, 96% of respondents said they would recommend the school, a figure drawn from 24 responses collected between September 2024 and September 2025. The school is also clearly popular locally: for the 2025/26 admissions cycle, it received 90 applications for 57 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.58. Of those applications, 55 were first-preference choices, and 55 first-preference offers were made. On individual questions, parents were particularly positive about their children’s happiness and safety, with 63% strongly agreeing that their child is happy and 67% strongly agreeing that their child feels safe. No parents disagreed with either statement. The picture is slightly more mixed on communication: while 42% strongly agreed the school makes them aware of what their child will learn, 21% disagreed, and 4% strongly disagreed.

Academically, Holyoakes Field holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across its two most recent inspections. The most recent graded inspection, in October 2024, awarded Good for quality of education, personal development, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management. Early years provision was rated Outstanding, an improvement from its previous Good rating in 2017. The school’s overall effectiveness was not judged in this inspection, as it was a section 8 inspection rather than a full graded one. The school serves a community where 14.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, slightly above the national average for primary schools. While specific Key Stage 2 results are not available in this data, the local authority average for KS2 attainment in Worcestershire is 61, which provides a useful benchmark for parents to compare when results are published. The school has capacity for 326 pupils and currently has 323 on roll, so it is running very close to full.

Holyoakes Field offers a broad range of facilities including a library, sports hall, music rooms, ICT suite, sensory room, and a chapel, alongside outdoor playgrounds and playing fields. Sports provision includes gymnastics, cricket, cross country, and swimming, and there is a varied club programme covering book club, choir, gardening, coding, eco club, and drama. The school has a nursery provision for children from age 2, and the main school runs from reception to Year 4 (ages 4-9). For families with children who have special educational needs, the school lists provisions for a wide range of needs including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health, speech and language communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, and physical disability. The school is a mixed, non-religious state primary in Redditch, Worcestershire, and its oversubscribed status suggests it is a strong local choice, particularly for families who prioritise early years provision and a school with strong parent endorsement.

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