The Willows Primary School
Primary schoolThe Willows Primary School is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 689 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 10 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 73% of pupils at The Willows Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Stoke-on-Trent and 62% in England.
12% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Stoke-on-Trent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 12% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Thistley Hough AcademySecondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 43.7 (2025/26, provisional)620 m
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)780 m
- St John's CofE (A) Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Stoke Minster CofE Primary AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- City of Stoke-On-Trent Sixth Form CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.2 km
- Harpfield Primary AcademyPrimary. Improved significantly, November 2024. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Stoke-on-Trent
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).