Willow Tree Primary School
Willow Tree Avenue, Leach Lane, St Helens, WA9 4LZ
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Willow Tree Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jane Sweeney
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 259
- Pupils on roll
- 192
- URN
- 104772
- Local authority
- St. Helens
About this school
Willow Tree Primary School was a community primary school in St Helens. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 192 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Willow Tree Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 45 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 82% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.40 | - |
| Writing progress | +2.00 | - |
| Maths progress | +1.70 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Willow Tree Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | St. Helens average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 64% | 60.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 60.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 219 |
| 2023/24 | 192 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Willow Tree Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.6% | 48.1% | 192 | — |
| Willow Tree Primary School | 73% | 8.3% | 44.7% | 172 | 0.0 miles |
| St Theresa's Catholic Primary School | 69% | 5.2% | 48.7% | 209 | 0.4 miles |
| Sherdley Primary School | 54% | 5.2% | 27.1% | 429 | 0.5 miles |
| Eaves Primary School | 79% | 4.9% | 23.6% | 233 | 0.7 miles |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | 35% | 6.7% | 33.3% | 265 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 48.1%
- English as an additional language
- 7.8%
- Overall absence
- 8.6%
- Persistent absence
- 33.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Willow Tree Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · St Helens
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St Theresa's Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
Sherdley Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
Eaves Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
St Anne's Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · St Helens
Other schools in St Helens
- Ashurst Primary School Primary
- Bleak Hill Primary School Primary
- Broad Oak Community Primary School Primary
- Carr Mill Primary School Primary
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Primary
- Eaves Primary School Primary
- Eccleston Mere Primary School Primary
- Grange Valley Primary School Primary
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Primary
- Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School Primary
- Legh Vale Primary School Primary
- Longton Lane Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Willow Tree Primary School teach?
- Willow Tree Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in St Helens.
- Has Willow Tree Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Willow Tree Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Willow Tree Primary School?
- Willow Tree Primary School had 192 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Willow Tree Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Willow Tree Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Willow Tree Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 August 2024.