Willow Park CofE Primary School
Park Lane, St Michael's Hill, BS2 8BE
This school is closed (it closed in June 2026).
It was replaced by Willow Park CofE Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England/United Reformed Church
- Headteacher
- Ms Claire Jones
- Constituency
- Bristol Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 56
- URN
- 148841
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Website
- School website
About this school
Willow Park CofE Primary School was a voluntary controlled primary school in Bristol, City of. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 56 pupils on roll.
Ofsted inspected it; its last report is linked below.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Early years
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 10 | 15 | 8 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 33% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 50% | 53% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 40% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 40% | 40% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 101.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 99.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -5.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.20 | - | - |
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 Park CofE 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 | Bristol, City of average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40% | 51.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 33% | 52.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 55.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 147 |
| 2023/24 | 127 |
| 2024/25 | 69 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Willow Park CofE Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 6.9% | 49.3% | 56 | — |
| Willow Park CofE Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| Cathedral Primary School | 62% | 5% | 22% | 422 | 0.4 miles |
| Ss Peter and Paul RC Primary School | 81% | 4.5% | 13.8% | 147 | 0.5 miles |
| Cotham Gardens Primary School | 53% | 5.1% | 20.6% | 365 | 0.7 miles |
| Christ Church Church of England Primary School | 41% | 3.7% | 8.7% | 333 | 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.28%
- English as an additional language
- 59.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.94%
- Persistent absence
- 25.35%
Location
Nearby schools
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Willow Park CofE Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Bristol
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Cathedral Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Bristol
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Ss Peter and Paul RC Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bristol
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Cotham Gardens Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Bristol
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Christ Church Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Bristol
Common questions
- What ages does Willow Park CofE Primary School teach?
- Willow Park CofE Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Bristol, City of.
- Has Willow Park CofE Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Willow Park CofE 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 Willow Park CofE Primary School?
- Willow Park CofE Primary School had 56 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Willow Park CofE Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 40% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Willow Park CofE Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Willow Park CofE 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 3 July 2026.