Holly Lodge Primary Academy
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
421
AGES
4 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
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This pupil heat map shows where pupils currently attending the school live.
The concentration of pupils shows likelihood of admission based on distance criteria

Source: All attending pupils National School Census Data, ONS
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This School Guide heat map has been plotted using official pupil data taken from the last School Census collected by the Department for Education. It is a visualisation of where pupils lived at the time of the annual School Census.

Our heat maps use groups of postcodes, not individual postcodes, and have naturally soft edges. All pupils are included in the mapping (i.e. children with siblings already at the school, high priority pupils and selective and/or religious admissions) but we may have removed statistical ‘outliers’ with more remote postcodes that do not reflect majority admissions.

For some schools, the heat map may be a useful indicator of the catchment area but our heat maps are not the same as catchment area maps. Catchment area maps, published by the school or local authority, are based on geographical admissions criteria and show actual cut-off distances and pre-defined catchment areas for a single admission year.

This information is provided as a guide only. The criteria in which schools use to allocate places in the event that they are oversubscribed can and do vary between schools and over time. These criteria can include distance from the school and sometimes specific catchment areas but can also include, amongst others, priority for siblings, children of a particular faith or specific feeder schools. Living in an area where children have previously attended a school does not guarantee admission to the school in future years. Always check with the school’s own admission authority for the current admission arrangements.

3 steps to help parents gather catchment information for a school:

  1. Look at our school catchment area guide for more information on heat maps. They give a useful indicator of the general areas that admit pupils to the school. This visualisation is based on all attending pupils present at the time of the annual School Census.
  2. Use the link to the Local Authority Contact (above) to find catchment area information based on a single admission year. This is very important if you are considering applying to a school.
  3. On each school page, use the link to visit the school website and find information on individual school admissions criteria. Geographical criteria are only applied after pupils have been admitted on higher priority criteria such as Looked After Children, SEN, siblings, etc.

How Does The School Perform?

Good
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Ofsted Inspection
(11/12/2018)
Full Report - All Reports
62%
NATIONAL AVG. 60%
% pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics



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Stratford Road
Ash Vale
GU12 5PX
01252548390

School Description

The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You lead with vision, drive and conviction. You, your senior team and your staff are dedicated to ensuring that all pupils are ambitious and achieve well. Together with the staff, trustees and governors, you have created an exciting and vibrant learning environment. You have a thorough understanding of the school’s strengths, as well as what needs to be done to further improve. This is because you succinctly and accurately analyse pupils’ achievement. As a result, your evaluation of the school’s effectiveness is exceptionally sharp. Pupils told me that they feel safe in school and like learning. This is the result of well-targeted events that help pupils to understand important safety issues well. Pupils know how to keep themselves safe, for example when using the internet. They enjoy learning because ‘teachers make learning fun’ and ‘they [the staff] give up a lot of their time to prepare and check our work’. Pupils’ conduct throughout the day is very good. They are thoughtful and sensible as they play and move around the school. Most parents and carers are positive about the school. The large majority of parents recognise that their children are happy, safe and making good progress. Those who submitted messages via Ofsted’s free-text facility and spoke with me commented that ‘My children feel cared for, safe and happy.’ Another parent remarked: ‘My child has come on leaps and bounds.’ Governors and the multi academy trustees have a strong understanding of the school’s strengths and priorities, and are highly aspirational for staff and pupils. They speak knowledgeably about the impact of strategies to improve teaching and pupils’ outcomes. Governors and trustees are well informed about safeguarding and have ensured that all procedures to safeguard children are secure. For example, they check the single central record carefully. You have addressed the areas for improvement from the last inspection well. Subject leaders share in moving the school forward and are held fully accountable for pupils’ outcomes in their areas of responsibility. Performance management is used effectively. This, combined with a comprehensive training programme for potential leaders, ensures good opportunities to develop leadership skills in staff when they are ready to do so. The leadership team is strong, grown from some teachers that have been at the beginning of their teaching career when they started at the school. They, alongside other staff, have developed into very strong leaders. Teachers plan good opportunities for pupils to write extended pieces of writing in different genres that are of high quality. In the teaching of mathematics, staff provide a wide range of meaningful tasks that are usually demanding so that pupils make rapid progress. However, pupils’ mathematical skills need to be strengthened by ensuring that pupils are challenged more consistently, including in problemsolving. Safeguarding is effective. The leadership team has ensured that all safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose. All the necessary checks are completed for the staff at the school to make sure that they are suitable to work with children. Members of staff receive annual training and regular updates to ensure that they understand and can implement the most recent guidance. All staff are vigilant in relation to safeguarding. Designated safeguarding leaders are trained to a high standard. Senior leaders, governors and staff ensure that their own training is effective, up to date and that they are well informed about new developments in relation to the welfare and protection of pupils. You work well with a wide range of agencies to safeguard children. This is because of close and constructive links with children’s social care, school healthcare and the police. All concerns are followed up rigorously, ensuring that pupils and their families receive the right type of help. Pupils know about the different forms that bullying may take but say that it is not a problem in their school. They feel confident that if it does occur, it will be dealt with immediately and effectively. Pupils say that they know who to speak to if they have any worries. Leaders make sure that safety issues, including e-safety, are addressed thoroughly within the well-planned curriculum.

Holly Lodge Primary Academy Parent Reviews



unlock % Parents Recommend This School
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>51, "agree"=>34, "disagree"=>12, "strongly_disagree"=>3, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 91 responses up to 12-12-2018
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>51, "agree"=>40, "disagree"=>4, "strongly_disagree"=>5, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 91 responses up to 12-12-2018
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>36, "agree"=>47, "disagree"=>12, "strongly_disagree"=>2, "dont_know"=>2} UNLOCK Figures based on 91 responses up to 12-12-2018
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>42, "agree"=>43, "disagree"=>7, "strongly_disagree"=>5, "dont_know"=>3} UNLOCK Figures based on 91 responses up to 12-12-2018
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>37, "agree"=>51, "disagree"=>8, "strongly_disagree"=>2, "dont_know"=>2} UNLOCK Figures based on 91 responses up to 12-12-2018
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>18, "agree"=>52, "disagree"=>25, "strongly_disagree"=>3, "dont_know"=>2} UNLOCK Figures based on 91 responses up to 12-12-2018
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>45, "agree"=>38, "disagree"=>5, "strongly_disagree"=>10, "dont_know"=>1} UNLOCK Figures based on 91 responses up to 12-12-2018
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>24, "agree"=>26, "disagree"=>8, "strongly_disagree"=>14, "dont_know"=>27} UNLOCK Figures based on 91 responses up to 12-12-2018
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>36, "agree"=>32, "disagree"=>12, "strongly_disagree"=>13, "dont_know"=>7} UNLOCK Figures based on 91 responses up to 12-12-2018
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>27, "agree"=>41, "disagree"=>16, "strongly_disagree"=>7, "dont_know"=>9} UNLOCK Figures based on 91 responses up to 12-12-2018
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>33, "agree"=>41, "disagree"=>19, "strongly_disagree"=>4, "dont_know"=>3} UNLOCK Figures based on 91 responses up to 12-12-2018
Yes No {"yes"=>80, "no"=>20} UNLOCK Figures based on 91 responses up to 12-12-2018

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