The Willows Primary School
Primary schoolThe Willows Primary School is a primary school in Ipswich, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 259 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), February 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 13 February 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
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, 35% of pupils at The Willows Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Suffolk and 62% in England.
6% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 35% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 6% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 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- St Joseph's CollegeIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file400 m
- Chantry AcademySecondary. Good (overall), April 2024. Attainment 8 of 36.7 (2025/26, provisional)440 m
- Stone Lodge AcademySpecial. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade, serious weaknesses570 m
- St Mark's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2023, before the school changed700 m
- Halifax Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)840 m
- Gusford Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)930 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Ipswich
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).