The Willows Primary School | School performance

60%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

429

Pupils · 2024/25

19%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

60%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

429

Pupils · 2024/25

19%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

60%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

429

Pupils · 2024/25

19%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 21/06/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityManchester

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio21.4:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

60%

+14pp

67%57%46%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 60%

RWM higher standard

+3pp

13%7%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 3%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

80%

Reading higher standard

37%

Writing expected standard

65%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

68%

Maths higher standard

15%

Science expected standard

73%

SPAG expected standard

77%

SPAG higher standard

30%

Reading scaled score

106.0

Maths scaled score

103.0

GPS scaled score

105.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

429

Pupil : teacher ratio

21.4

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

19%

FSM eligible

59%

SEN

30%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

15%

Contact

Address

Tayfield Road, Woodhouse Park, Manchester, M22 1BQ

Local authority

Manchester

Website

www.willows.manchester.sch.uk/

Telephone

01614374444

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	60%	3%	80%	37%	65%	3%	68%	15%	73%	77%	106.0	103.0	105.0	—	—	—	30%	429
2023/24	46%	0%	67%	13%	61%	0%	56%	11%	72%	62%	102.0	100.0	101.0	—	—	—	27%	448
2022/23	53%	2%	71%	17%	66%	2%	71%	19%	86%	76%	103.0	103.0	105.0	-1.10	-2.50	-0.40	24%	442
2018/19	67%	13%	78%	28%	67%	23%	82%	20%	73%	85%	106.0	105.0	110.0	+4.50	-0.60	+2.80	28%	471
2017/18	50%	5%	67%	12%	78%	7%	69%	14%	88%	90%	103.0	103.0	106.0	+0.60	+1.40	+1.40	28%	466
2016/17	56%	3%	62%	16%	66%	15%	72%	10%	74%	69%	102.0	102.0	105.0	+0.70	-0.60	+0.50	24%	468

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	429	19.6	30%	19%	59%	6%	15%
2023/24	448	18.2	27%	18%	59%	5%	12%
2022/23	442	19.1	24%	15%	60%	6%	15%
2021/22	466	20.6	21%	10%	59%	6%	18%
2020/21	463	20.0	23%	7%	51%	—	—
2018/19	471	18.1	28%	7%	59%	4%	6%
2017/18	466	17.3	28%	8%	60%	4%	6%
2016/17	468	20.3	24%	7%	63%	3%	5%