The Willows Primary School

Community school·Primary school Stoke-on-Trent·ST4 7JY
Composite score
61.4
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#3,542
National rank
#325
In West Midlands
#11
In Stoke-on-Trent
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
72 first choices, 76 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
114
any preference, for 76 places
Applications from another council area
9%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
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1 per place
1.0320220.9520231.0220241.0320250.952026

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

Every child who put The Willows Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
690
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
22.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
26.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,007
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

The Willows Primary School at a glance

Located in Stoke-on-Trent, The Willows Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 690 pupils aged 3 to 11. 73% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made The Willows Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 76 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 26.3 pupils per teacher. The Willows 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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