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The Willows Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Church Road, Basildon SS14 2EX · willows.essex.sch.uk · 01268 470880
On the mapSearch near SS14 2EX
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 76%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.95 mi
- 1.53 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 651
- 126 over 525 places · 124%
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.4%
- First language not English
- 19.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.95 mi (1.53 km) from the school. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 78 families put the school first and 82 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 82 | 78 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 69 | 64 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 75 | 70 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 85 | 77 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 91 | 1▲ | 93% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 0.95 mi1.53 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Essex it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲76% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 132084)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 5 February 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for The Willows Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 4 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Dec 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
65% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (31 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 65%
- Replies
- 31
- 5% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 90% who raised concerns
based on the 58% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (35%) with SEND