Whiston Willis Primary Academy
Primary schoolWhiston Willis Primary Academy is a primary school in Knowsley, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 419 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), January 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 January 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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, 63% of pupils at Whiston Willis Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in Knowsley and 62% in England.
2% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Knowsley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 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 Luke's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)490 m
- Halsnead Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2023. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)550 m
- St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the CommunityPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)620 m
- Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic AcademySecondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 32.6 (2025/26, provisional)680 m
- St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2023. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)740 m
- Prescot Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), April 2022, before the school changed1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Knowsley
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).