Hollybank SchoolRavenshall School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Hollybank School and Ravenshall School.

Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Hollybank School was judged Outstanding and Ravenshall School was judged Outstanding.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Ravenshall School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Hollybank School versus Ravenshall School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	MirfieldHollybank School	DewsburyRavenshall School	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: Outstanding	Ofsted: Outstanding
School type	Non-maintained special school	Community special school
Age range	2-19	5-19
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	37	200
Capacity	45	200
Location	Mirfield, WF14 0DQ	Dewsbury, WF12 9EE
GCSE results
Cohort	2	16
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	Not reported	0.0%	62.0%
At higher standard	Not reported	0.0%	8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census	37	200
Free school meals (ever 6)	69.0%	58.9%
English as an additional language	13.5%	12.0%
SEN support	18.9%	0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	81.1%	100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	17.8%	8.6% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	53.6%	25.6% Stronger figure	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.