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Willowbrook School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Summer Lane, Beacon Heath, Exeter EX4 8NN · willowbrook.devon.sch.uk · 01392 466208
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 44%
- 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
- 432
- 12 over 420 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Devon
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 36.5%
- First language not English
- 24.1%
- 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: Devon Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 48 families put the school first and 49 places were offered; 98% 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 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 57 | 48 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 53 | 45 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 52 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 50 | 49 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 44% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ▼44% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 132778)
Ofsted
Willowbrook School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 28 June 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 28 Jun 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 132778)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jul 2018
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 132778), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Oct 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Jul 2018Requires improvement
Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 132778)
Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 132778)
Mar 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 132778)