Hollybank School

State-Funded School

hollybank-school-kirklees-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

KirkleesLocal Authority

Spen ValleyConstituency

WF14 0DQPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Hollybank School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 43 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

53%

Asian

19%

Mixed

21%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

60%Boys

40%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

44%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 43
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 6 March 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
24 Nov 2014	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.