The Willows School
Stipularis Drive, Hayes, UB4 9QB
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE WILLOWS SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Malcolm Shaw
- Religious ethos
- None
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Hayes and Harlington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 80
- Pupils on roll
- 106
- URN
- 137652
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088417176
About this school
The Willows School is a special academy in Hayes. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 106 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 15 | 18 | 23 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 39% | 26% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 20% | 56% | 39% |
| Expected standard in maths | 13% | 44% | 30% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 27% | 56% | 43% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 93.0 | 100.0 | 96.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 96.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.40 | - | - |
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 The Willows 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 | Hillingdon average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 39% | 60.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 26% | 63.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52 |
| 2023/24 | 72 |
| 2024/25 | 95 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 61.05%
- English as an additional language
- 11.6%
- Overall absence
- 8.56%
- Persistent absence
- 36.45%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Grand Union Village School0.3 miles
Free Schools · Northolt
-
John Chilton School1.2 miles
Special schools · Northolt
-
Belvue School1.3 miles
Special schools · Northolt
-
Ayesha Siddiqa Girls School1.4 miles
Independent schools · Southall
-
Hedgewood School1.7 miles
Special schools · Hayes
Other schools in Hayes
- Hedgewood School Special schools
- McMillan Nursery School Nursery
- Belmore Primary Academy Primary
- Botwell House Catholic Primary School Primary
- Brookside Primary School Primary
- Charville Academy Primary
- Cranford Park Academy Primary
- Dr Triplett's CofE Primary School Primary
- Grange Park School Primary
- Hayes Park School Primary
- Hewens Primary School Primary
- Lake Farm Park Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Willows School teach?
- The Willows School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a special school in Hayes.
- Who is the headteacher of The Willows School?
- The headteacher of The Willows School is Malcolm Shaw, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Willows School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Willows School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Willows School?
- The Willows School has 106 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is The Willows School full?
- The Willows School has capacity for 80 pupils and 106 on roll (133%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Willows School a faith school?
- No. The Willows School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs The Willows School?
- The Willows School is part of THE WILLOWS SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does The Willows School have?
- The schools register lists The Willows School's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Willows School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 7% in 2022/23 and 26% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is The Willows School's absence rate?
- The Willows School's overall absence rate is 8.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Willows School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Willows 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 1 July 2026.