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The Willows Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Greatbatch Avenue, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 7JY · willowsprimary.com · 01782 233280
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Stoke-on-Trent 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Stoke On Trent Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 689
- 100% of 690 places
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 24.4%
- First language not English
- 25.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Stoke On Trent Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 72 families put the school first and 76 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 76 | 72 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 93 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 87 | 89 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 89 | 85 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 93 | 1▲ | 94% |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% the higher standard. Across Stoke-on-Trent it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Willows Primary School on 10 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 10 Jun 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Mar 2008Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (145 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 145
- 21% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 36 parents (25%) with SEND