Holywell Primary and Nursery School
Primary school in Birmingham, Worcestershire. Requires improvement (Oct 2021).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 12 October 2021, report published 22 February 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Holywell Primary and Nursery School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Holywell Primary and Nursery School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around April 2024
The last inspection was in October 2021. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.5 milesBeaconside Primary and Nursery School
Report card, Feb 2026: 7 strong
- 0.6 milesReaside Academy
Good (Mar 2023)
- 0.9 milesSt James Catholic Primary School
Outstanding (Sep 2023)
- 1.0 milesHolly Hill Methodist CofE Infant School
School remains Good (Jan 2023)
- 1.3 milesRednal Hill Infant School
School remains Good (Jun 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.