The Willows Primary School
Greatbatch Avenue, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7JY
689 pupils · 100% of 690 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Free school meals
- 24.4%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 10 June 2025, published 7 September 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 73% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 12% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.95 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 76 | 72 | 114 | 76 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 90 | 93 | 143 | 90 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 87 | 89 | 140 | 87 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 89 | 85 | 149 | 89 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 90 | 93 | 150 | 90 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 89 | 97 | 151 | 89 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 88 | 101 | 171 | 88 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 90 | 88 | 145 | 90 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School 0.8 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St John's CofE (A) Primary School 1.1 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy 1.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Harpfield Primary Academy 1.4 km · Improved significantly (2024)
- Oakhill Primary School 1.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St Mark's CofE Primary School 1.8 km · No overall grade (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.