Willow Tree Community Primary School
Wetherby Road, Harrogate, HG2 7SG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- NORTHERN STAR ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Robert Mold
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Northern Star Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 525
- Pupils on roll
- 423
- URN
- 148997
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01423883551
About this school
Willow Tree Community Primary School is a primary academy in Harrogate. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 423 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 71 | 72 | 64 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 56% | 61% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 7% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 61% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 64% | 72% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 65% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.30 | - | - |
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 Tree Community 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 | North Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 62% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 58.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 61% | 59.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 481 |
| 2023/24 | 446 |
| 2024/25 | 415 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Willow Tree Community Primary School compares
Willow Tree Community Primary School ranked 121st of 233 primary schools in North Yorkshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 61% | 5.8% | 28.3% | 423 | — |
| Hookstone Chase Primary School | 42% | 4.7% | 19.2% | 289 | 0.8 miles |
| St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | 62% | 3.6% | 10.9% | 270 | 0.9 miles |
| Starbeck Primary Academy | 31% | 6.1% | 31.5% | 234 | 1.0 miles |
| Oatlands Community Junior School | 77% | 2.8% | 4.7% | 356 | 1.1 miles |
| Oatlands Infant School | — | 2.9% | 1.5% | 269 | 1.1 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)
- 28.27%
- English as an additional language
- 19%
- Overall absence
- 5.78%
- Persistent absence
- 15.32%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hookstone Chase Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Harrogate
-
St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Harrogate
-
Starbeck Primary Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Harrogate
-
Oatlands Community Junior School1.1 miles
Primary · Harrogate
-
Oatlands Infant School1.1 miles
Primary · Harrogate
Other schools in Harrogate
Willow Tree Community Primary School ranks 20th of the 31 ranked primary schools in Harrogate.
- Admiral Long Church of England Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England School Primary
- Beckwithshaw Community Primary School Primary
- Birstwith Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Burton Leonard Church of England Primary School Primary
- Coppice Valley Primary School Primary
- Dacre Braithwaite Church of England Primary School Primary
- Darley Primary School Primary
- Follifoot Church of England Primary School Primary
- Glasshouses Community Primary School Primary
- Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Willow Tree Community Primary School teach?
- Willow Tree Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Harrogate.
- Who is the headteacher of Willow Tree Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Willow Tree Community Primary School is Mr Robert Mold, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Willow Tree Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Willow Tree Community 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 big is Willow Tree Community Primary School?
- Willow Tree Community Primary School has 423 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Willow Tree Community Primary School full?
- Willow Tree Community Primary School has capacity for 525 pupils and 423 on roll (81%), 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 Willow Tree Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Willow Tree Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Willow Tree Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Willow Tree Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Willow Tree Community Primary School?
- Willow Tree Community Primary School is part of NORTHERN STAR ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Willow Tree Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 61% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Willow Tree Community Primary School rank locally?
- Willow Tree Community Primary School ranked 121st of 233 primary schools in North Yorkshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Willow Tree Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Willow Tree Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Willow Tree Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Willow Tree Community 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 16 July 2026.