Willows Primary School
Willows Primary School, Off Weston Road, Lichfield, WS13 7NU
This school is closed (it closed in October 2024).
It was replaced by Willows Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Whitmore
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Lichfield
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 381
- URN
- 124161
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
About this school
Willows Primary School was a community primary school in Lichfield. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 381 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Willows Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 60 | 56 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 80% | 82% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 8% | 21% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 87% | 91% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 92% | 91% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 88% | 92% | 93% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 107.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 109.0 | 111.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +5.00 | - | - |
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 Willows 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 | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 76% | 59.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 80% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 82% | 62% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 377 |
| 2023/24 | 381 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Willows Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 90% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 55% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 82% | 5.5% | 40.2% | 381 | — |
| Willows Primary Academy | — | 4.7% | 39% | 423 | 0.0 miles |
| SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School | 50% | 6.1% | 47.5% | 114 | 0.2 miles |
| Chadsmead Primary Academy | 69% | 3.8% | 39.8% | 188 | 0.3 miles |
| Charnwood Primary Academy | 67% | 6.3% | 44.4% | 210 | 0.3 miles |
| St Chad's CofE Primary School | 62% | 4.6% | 24.4% | 195 | 0.7 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)
- 40.2%
- English as an additional language
- 8.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.5%
- Persistent absence
- 16.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Willows Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Lichfield
-
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Lichfield
-
Chadsmead Primary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Lichfield
-
Charnwood Primary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Lichfield
-
St Chad's CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Lichfield
Other schools in Lichfield
- Anna Seward Primary Primary
- Chadsmead Primary Academy Primary
- Charnwood Primary Academy Primary
- Christ Church CofE (C) Primary School Primary
- Five Spires Academy Primary
- Fradley Park Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Greysbrooke Primary School Primary
- Greywood Primary Academy Primary
- Scotch Orchard Primary School Primary
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Chad's CofE Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Willows Primary School teach?
- Willows Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Lichfield.
- Has Willows Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Willows 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 big is Willows Primary School?
- Willows Primary School had 381 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Willows Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 76% in 2022/23 and 82% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Willows Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Willows 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 October 2024.