Willow Tree Community Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Harrogate, North Yorkshire·HG2 7SG
Composite score
54.8
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#5,546
National rank
#549
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#84
In North Yorkshire
Top 38%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
55 first choices, 55 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
129
any preference, for 55 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Willow Tree Community 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
415
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
22.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,533
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Willow Tree Community Primary School

Willow Tree Community Primary School is a primary school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 415 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 61% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 5.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 38% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% 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 Willow Tree Community Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 55 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.0%. There are about 22.3 pupils per teacher. Willow Tree Community 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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