Willowbrook Primary School
Broadcloth Lane, Trowbridge, BA14 7HE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ACORN EDUCATION TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Lindsay Hann
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Acorn Education Trust
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 85
- URN
- 139281
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01225355511
About this school
Willowbrook Primary School is a primary academy in Trowbridge. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 85 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Willowbrook Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
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 | 25 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 40% | 38% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 4% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 56% | 56% |
| Expected standard in maths | 33% | 56% | 38% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 47% | 60% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 95.0 | 100.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -8.30 | - | - |
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 Willowbrook 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 | Wiltshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 33% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 40% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 38% | 58.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 113 |
| 2023/24 | 108 |
| 2024/25 | 95 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Willowbrook Primary School compares
Willowbrook Primary School ranked 156th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38% | 6.7% | 52.6% | 85 | — |
| Holbrook Primary School | 62% | 4.1% | 30% | 227 | 0.4 miles |
| Newtown Community Primary School | 47% | 4.2% | 26.3% | 161 | 0.5 miles |
| St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge | 55% | 4.4% | 15.2% | 300 | 0.7 miles |
| Paxcroft Primary School | — | — | — | 276 | 0.8 miles |
| The Grove Primary School | 67% | 3.9% | 18.9% | 378 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report2 June 2026
- 1 March 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 52.63%
- English as an additional language
- 21.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.72%
- Persistent absence
- 18.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holbrook Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
-
Newtown Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
-
St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge0.7 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
-
Paxcroft Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
-
The Grove Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
Other schools in Trowbridge
Willowbrook Primary School ranks 17th of the 18 ranked primary schools in Trowbridge.
- Bellefield Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Castle Mead School Primary
- Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Holbrook Primary School Primary
- Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Keevil CofE Primary School Primary
- Newtown Community Primary School Primary
- North Bradley CofE Primary School Primary
- Paxcroft Primary School Primary
- Southwick Church of England Primary School Primary
- St George's Church of England Primary School, Semington Primary
- St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Willowbrook Primary School teach?
- Willowbrook Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Trowbridge.
- Who is the principal of Willowbrook Primary School?
- The principal of Willowbrook Primary School is Mrs Lindsay Hann, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Willowbrook Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Willowbrook Primary 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 many pupils are at Willowbrook Primary School?
- Willowbrook Primary School has 85 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Willowbrook Primary School full?
- Willowbrook Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 85 on roll (40%), so it has space against 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 Willowbrook Primary School a faith school?
- No. Willowbrook Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Willowbrook Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Willowbrook Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Willowbrook Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Willowbrook Primary School is part of ACORN EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Willowbrook 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 38% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Willowbrook Primary School compare with other schools in Wiltshire?
- Willowbrook Primary School ranked 156th of 174 primary schools in Wiltshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Willowbrook Primary School's absence rate?
- Willowbrook Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Willowbrook Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Willowbrook 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 13 August 2026.