Technology College and Academy Status
Hollyfield School has been a Technology specialist school since September 2003. This follows work since 1999 when the governing body and the Local Education Authority (LEA) approved a bid to the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and the school began raising the £50,000 sponsorship needed to support the bid. By July 2002 the school had raised the required £50,000 sponsorship and the bid went in during 2003. The award gives the school an additional £800,000 funding over five years. Hollyfield's main sponsors are the Wolfson Foundation, Hollyfield School PTA and Numeral Software Ltd.
As of 1 December 2011, the Hollyfield School has converted into an academy.
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