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Willow Tree Community Primary School

North Yorkshire, HG2 7SGPrimaryAges 3–11MixedState
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted inspected
5 Good
Oct 2024
KS2 Results
56%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.9×
Not oversubscribed
37 1st-choice / 40 places
Ranking
#9,056
of 13,686 nationally

About Willow Tree Community Primary School

Willow Tree Community Primary School in North Yorkshire was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in October 2024, a notable improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2020. The inspection judged every category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — as Good, with no areas requiring further improvement flagged. On the academic front, the school’s most telling metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which stood at 56% in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure sits just below the North Yorkshire local authority average of 60%, placing Willow Tree 141st out of 292 primary schools in the area. While the school is in the bottom half of the national rankings for this measure, its individual subject scores tell a more nuanced story: 71% of pupils met the expected standard in writing, and average scaled scores in reading (103) and maths (102) were both above the national baseline of 100.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range3 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressWetherby Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7SG
HeadteacherRobert Mold
Local AuthorityNorth Yorkshire
Number of Pupils415
Free School Meals (FSM)27.3%
School Capacity415 / 525 (79% full)
Nursery ClassesYes

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

1 Oct 2024
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Quality of Education
Good
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single overall grade in inspections of state-funded schools.

Source: Ofsted, 12 Nov 2024. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

Facilities

7
ICT SuiteSensory RoomDining HallSports HallForest SchoolArt StudiosChapel

Facilities may vary. Contact the school for current availability.

Extracurriculars

8

Sports

NetballAthleticsFootballTennisGymnastics

Clubs & Activities

CodingDramaScience Club

Activities may vary by term. Contact the school for current offerings.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingVisionLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

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Willow Tree Community Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.