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Holbrook School for Autism

Special schoolAges 4–19AcademySixth form

Holbrook, DE56 0TE · Derbyshire local authority

Holbrook’s School Grade A− better than 77% of towns in England

How full
170 pupils
106% of its 160 places
Free school meals
56%
56 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Holbrook School for Autism

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 170 pupils for 160 places
  • 56% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, June 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (DE56 0) sold for a median £243,750; Holbrook’s is £305,000

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 10 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools Holbrook School for Autism beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 0.4

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Derbyshire avg 45.2

20304050607080England avg 47.3Holbrook School for Autism 0.4

Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Derbyshire avg 44%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%Holbrook School for Autism 0%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%
England’s schools 66% · Derbyshire 64% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

160 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
53.9%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 11%Boys 89%
Its letter

No letter for Holbrook School for Autism

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, June 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Holbrook School for Autism

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in DE56 0, the school’s postcode sector

Holbrook property prices →
£243,750
median sale, 446 sales in 36 months · Holbrook £305,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025DE56 0Holbrook
DE56 0Holbrook

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£360K
Semi-detached
£218K
Terraced
£188K
Flat
£168K
DE56 0Holbrook

Homes in DE56 0 sell for well under Holbrook’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

7 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCC+C−A+A+B−Holbrook School for Autism
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Holbrook, DE56 0TE

Holbrook School for Autism: common questions

What is Holbrook School for Autism’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2023).

How much do houses cost near Holbrook School for Autism?

Homes in its postcode sector, DE56 0, sold for a median £243,750 over the 36 months to August 2026 (446 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Holbrook’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.