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Willow Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Alston Road, Bessacarr, Doncaster DN4 7EZ · willowprimaryschool.co.uk · 01302 539249
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 79%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Doncaster 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 417
- 99% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Free school meals
- 10.8%
- First language not English
- 23.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 61 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 97% 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 | 60 | 61 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 52 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 45 | 34 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 47 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% the higher standard. Across Doncaster it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲79% | 62% | ||
| ▲17% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 138077)
Ofsted
Willow Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 18 October 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 18 Oct 2022
- 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: Inadequate, graded inspection, Nov 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 138077), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2016Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 138077)
Dec 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 138077)
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (63 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 63
- 17% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 59% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied