Great Hollands Primary School
Wordsworth, Bracknell, RG12 8YR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard Ferris
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Maiden Erlegh Trust
- Constituency
- Bracknell
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 432
- Pupils on roll
- 278
- URN
- 144628
- Local authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01344424911
About this school
Great Hollands Primary School is a primary academy in Bracknell. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 278 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 52 | 38 | 42 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 85% | 74% | 81% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 3% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 90% | 82% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 82% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 87% | 89% | 86% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +5.40 | - | - |
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 Great Hollands 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 | Bracknell Forest average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 85% | 62% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 81% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 282 |
| 2023/24 | 275 |
| 2024/25 | 278 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Great Hollands Primary School compares
Great Hollands Primary School ranked 4th of 26 primary schools in Bracknell Forest for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 89% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 81% | 6.3% | 35.5% | 278 | — |
| Jennett's Park CofE Primary School | 69% | 4.6% | 12.4% | 437 | 0.5 miles |
| St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 48% | 5.1% | 7.1% | 184 | 0.5 miles |
| Wildridings Primary School | 56% | 5.1% | 15.4% | 413 | 0.6 miles |
| The Pines School | 48% | 4.8% | 22.9% | 285 | 0.6 miles |
| Wooden Hill Primary and Nursery School | — | — | — | 410 | 0.7 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report18 November 2025
- 23 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.46%
- English as an additional language
- 21.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.31%
- Persistent absence
- 15.14%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Jennett's Park CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bracknell
-
St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bracknell
-
Wildridings Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bracknell
-
The Pines School0.6 miles
Primary · Bracknell
-
Wooden Hill Primary and Nursery School0.7 miles
Primary · Bracknell
Other schools in Bracknell
Great Hollands Primary School ranks 1st of the 17 ranked primary schools in Bracknell.
- Binfield Church of England Primary School Primary
- Crown Wood Primary School Primary
- Fox Hill Primary School Primary
- Harmans Water Primary School Primary
- Holly Spring Primary School Primary
- Jennett's Park CofE Primary School Primary
- King's Academy Meadow Vale Primary
- King's Academy Oakwood Primary
- Sandy Lane Primary School Primary
- St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell Primary
- St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- The Pines School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Great Hollands Primary School teach?
- Great Hollands Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bracknell.
- Who is the headteacher of Great Hollands Primary School?
- The headteacher of Great Hollands Primary School is Mr Richard Ferris, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Great Hollands Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Great Hollands Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Great Hollands Primary School?
- Great Hollands Primary School has 278 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Great Hollands Primary School full?
- Great Hollands Primary School has capacity for 432 pupils and 278 on roll (64%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Great Hollands Primary School a faith school?
- No. Great Hollands Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Great Hollands Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Great Hollands Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Great Hollands Primary School?
- Great Hollands Primary School is part of MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Great Hollands Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 85% in 2022/23 and 81% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Great Hollands Primary School rank locally?
- Great Hollands Primary School ranked 4th of 26 primary schools in Bracknell Forest for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 89% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Great Hollands Primary School's absence rate?
- Great Hollands Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Great Hollands Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Great Hollands 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 10 July 2026.