Holly House Special School
Special schoolHolly House Special School is a special school in Chesterfield, for pupils aged 7 to 14. It had 43 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 18 March 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 17% of pupils at Holly House Special School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Derbyshire and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 98 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 91 | 104 | 105 |
- Holly House Special School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Mary Swanwick Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)200 m
- Whittington Green SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), February 2023. Attainment 8 of 40.4 (2025/26, provisional)720 m
- Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), June 20221.4 km
- Cavendish Junior SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- New Whittington Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- Bluebank SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.9 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Chesterfield
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).