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Willowbank Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Manitoba Gardens, Cullompton EX15 1EZ · willowbank.devon.sch.uk · 0188433473
On the mapSearch near EX15 1EZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 56%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Devon 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Devon Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 241
- 58% of 416 places
- Local authority
- Devon
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 21.2%
- First language not English
- 3.3%
- 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: Devon Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 31 families put the school first and 32 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 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 22 | 20 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 43 | 38 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% the higher standard. Across Devon it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼56% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 113119)
Ofsted
Willowbank Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 17 January 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 17 Jan 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 113119), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113119)
Nov 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113119)
What parents said
76% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (63 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 76%
- Replies
- 63
- 25% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 90% who raised concerns
based on the 54% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (27%) with SEND