Willow Brook Primary School

Community school·Primary school Nottinghamshire·NG12 5BB
Composite score
46.6
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#8,552
National rank
#715
In East Midlands
#143
In Nottinghamshire
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
92%
36 first choices, 33 places
First choices per place
1.09
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
92
any preference, for 33 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.19
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9620231.0320240.9020251.092026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Nottinghamshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Willow Brook Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
194
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
2.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
2.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
4.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,841
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Willow Brook Primary School is a primary school serving Nottinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 194 pupils aged 5 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 9.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 92% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (36 first choices for 33 places). Overall pupil absence was 3.2%. There are about 21.9 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 2% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Willow Brook Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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