Willow Tree Primary School
Primary schoolWillow Tree Primary School is a primary school in St. Helens, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 172 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), July 2022, before the school changed
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 5 July 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- 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, 73% of pupils at Willow Tree Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in St. Helens and 62% in England.
23% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | St. Helens | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 23% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 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 Theresa's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)690 m
- Sherdley Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 2023. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)770 m
- Ash Meadow SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file830 m
- Eaves Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2022. 35% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- The Sutton AcademySecondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 45.5 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in St. Helens
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).