Willow Wood Community Nursery & Primary School
Bradbury Road, Wharton, Winsford, CW7 3HN
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Martin Bell
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Eddisbury
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 446
- Pupils on roll
- 312
- URN
- 135256
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
About this school
Willow Wood Community Nursery & Primary School was a community primary school in Winsford. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 312 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Willow Wood Community Nursery & Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2007, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 39 | 40 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 45% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 41% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 51% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 49% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -5.40 | - |
| Writing progress | +2.40 | - |
| Maths progress | -3.30 | - |
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 Wood Community Nursery & 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 | Cheshire West and Chester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 33% | 57.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 57.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 302 |
| 2023/24 | 312 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Willow Wood Community Nursery & Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.2% | 46.2% | 312 | — |
| Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary School | 35% | 6.5% | 49.5% | 310 | 0.0 miles |
| Wharton CofE Primary School | 37% | 5.4% | 30.2% | 244 | 0.3 miles |
| St. Chad's Church of England Primary and Nursery School | 61% | 6.8% | 30.7% | 175 | 1.0 miles |
| Winsford High Street Community Primary School | 46% | 6.4% | 31.3% | 511 | 1.1 miles |
| Grange Community Nursery and Primary School | 63% | 6.6% | 57.7% | 218 | 1.5 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)
- 46.2%
- English as an additional language
- 15.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.2%
- Persistent absence
- 18.5%
Location
Nearby schools
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Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Winsford
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Wharton CofE Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Winsford
-
St. Chad's Church of England Primary and Nursery School1.0 miles
Primary · Winsford
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Winsford High Street Community Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Winsford
-
Grange Community Nursery and Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Winsford
Other schools in Winsford
- Darnhall Primary School Primary
- Grange Community Nursery and Primary School Primary
- Over Hall Community School Primary
- Over St John's CofE Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- St. Chad's Church of England Primary and Nursery School Primary
- The Oak View Academy Primary
- Wharton CofE Primary School Primary
- Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary School Primary
- Winsford High Street Community Primary School Primary
- The Winsford Academy Secondary
- Hebden Green Community School Academies
Common questions
- What ages does Willow Wood Community Nursery & Primary School teach?
- Willow Wood Community Nursery & Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Winsford.
- Has Willow Wood Community Nursery & Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Willow Wood Community Nursery & 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 Wood Community Nursery & Primary School?
- Willow Wood Community Nursery & Primary School had 312 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Willow Wood Community Nursery & Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 33% in 2022/23 and 45% 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 Wood Community Nursery & Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Willow Wood Community Nursery & 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 10 July 2024.