Hollesley Primary School
School Lane, Hollesley, Woodbridge, IP12 3RE
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Hollesley Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Wood
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 76
- URN
- 124589
- Local authority
- Suffolk
About this school
Hollesley Primary School was a community primary school in Woodbridge. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 76 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hollesley Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 15 | 14 | 12 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 21% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 57% | 33% |
| Expected standard in maths | 47% | 21% | 17% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 21% | 42% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 100.0 | 97.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 98.0 | 96.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Hollesley Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Suffolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 21% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 98 |
| 2023/24 | 94 |
| 2024/25 | 76 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hollesley Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 0% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 0% | 6.1% | 27.4% | 76 | — |
| Hollesley Primary School | — | — | — | 76 | 0.0 miles |
| Bawdsey Church of England Primary School | — | — | — | 58 | 2.9 miles |
| Sandlings Primary School | 73% | 3.1% | 3.7% | 82 | 3.1 miles |
| Waldringfield Primary School | — | — | — | 69 | 4.7 miles |
| Eyke Church of England Primary School | 78% | 4.6% | 7.8% | 97 | 5.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.4%
- English as an additional language
- 1.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.1%
- Persistent absence
- 13.89%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hollesley Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
-
Bawdsey Church of England Primary School2.9 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
-
Sandlings Primary School3.1 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
-
Waldringfield Primary School4.7 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
-
Eyke Church of England Primary School5.1 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
Other schools in Woodbridge
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Laxfield Primary
- Bawdsey Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bealings School Primary
- Bedfield Church of England Primary School Primary
- Charsfield Church of England Primary School Primary
- Dennington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Earl Soham Community Primary School Primary
- Easton Primary School Primary
- Eyke Church of England Primary School Primary
- Grundisburgh Primary School Primary
- Hollesley Primary School Primary
- Kyson Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hollesley Primary School teach?
- Hollesley Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Woodbridge.
- Has Hollesley Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hollesley Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Hollesley Primary School?
- Hollesley Primary School had 76 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Hollesley Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 40% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hollesley Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hollesley Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2025.