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Willow Park CofE Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Park Lane, St Michael's Hill, Bristol BS2 8BE · willowpark.org.uk · 0117 903 0434
Overview
- Ofsted
- Inadequate
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bristol, City of 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Bristol Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Capacity
- 210
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Nursery class
- No
- Trust
- The Leaf Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Bristol Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 4 families put the school first and 4 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
Published for the predecessor school (URN 148841)
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 13 | 10 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 17 | 14 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 16 | 10 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Bristol, City of it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●105 | 105 | |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 148841)
Ofsted
Willow Park CofE Primary School was judged Inadequate at its last graded inspection, on 5 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Inadequate
- Inspected
- 5 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 148841)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Inadequate |
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 148841), which Ofsted links to this one.
Report cards, from November 2025
- Apr 2026Monitoring visitEffective action
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jan 2025Monitoring visitEffective action