Willow Tree Primary School | School performance

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

475

Pupils · 2024/25

37%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

475

Pupils · 2024/25

37%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

475

Pupils · 2024/25

37%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Not judged

Ofsted inspection · 15/10/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySalford

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio20.2:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Willow Tree Primary School · Primary · Salford

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

62%

+11pp

77%62%47%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 62%

RWM higher standard

-8pp

12%6%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 3%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

73%

Reading higher standard

28%

Writing expected standard

65%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

78%

Maths higher standard

33%

Science expected standard

88%

SPAG expected standard

67%

SPAG higher standard

15%

Reading scaled score

105.0

Maths scaled score

107.0

GPS scaled score

104.0

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

475

Pupil : teacher ratio

20.2

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

37%

FSM eligible

45%

SEN

21%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

15%

Contact

Address

2 Greenland Street, Salford, M6 5TJ

Local authority

Salford

Website

www.willowtreeprimary.org

Telephone

01615096232

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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	62%	3%	73%	28%	65%	3%	78%	33%	88%	67%	105.0	107.0	104.0	—	—	—	21%	475
2023/24	51%	11%	67%	33%	65%	12%	72%	26%	79%	61%	104.0	104.0	104.0	—	—	—	20%	470
2022/23	47%	0%	61%	26%	61%	0%	61%	26%	70%	60%	105.0	103.0	103.0	-0.30	-2.70	-1.30	22%	471
2018/19	73%	5%	88%	41%	76%	10%	85%	29%	88%	75%	108.0	106.0	105.0	+4.80	+0.20	+2.60	20%	494
2017/18	77%	12%	92%	45%	77%	18%	87%	22%	83%	80%	109.0	106.0	107.0	+5.10	+0.80	+2.90	23%	499
2016/17	66%	7%	81%	25%	80%	15%	88%	31%	86%	85%	106.0	106.0	106.0	+2.30	+0.60	+2.80	21%	503

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	475	21.8	21%	37%	45%	5%	15%
2023/24	470	20.8	20%	34%	43%	5%	14%
2022/23	471	23.3	22%	29%	46%	6%	16%
2021/22	500	19.4	21%	28%	46%	7%	20%
2020/21	491	20.5	20%	27%	40%	—	—
2018/19	494	19.3	20%	18%	45%	4%	13%
2017/18	499	21.1	23%	15%	46%	4%	8%
2016/17	503	20.0	21%	12%	48%	5%	11%