Holly House Special School

State-Funded School

holly-house-special-school-derbyshire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

DerbyshireLocal Authority

ChesterfieldConstituency

S41 9QRPostcode

0.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Holly House Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 7–14, located in Derbyshire, East Midlands.

It currently serves 43 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 0%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 95
Maths score: 96

Ethnicity

White

86%

Mixed

Unclassified

12%

Pupils

Total Pupils

77%Boys

23%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

77%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 7 – 14
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 43
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
7 May 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
15 Feb 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
6 May 2019	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.