Willowpark Primary Academy | School performance

59%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

227

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

21%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

59%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

227

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

21%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

59%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

227

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

21%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 09/05/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityOldham

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio18.6:1

Admissions—

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of Willowpark Primary Academy · Primary · Oldham

Part ofSOUTH PENNINE ACADEMIES

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

59%

-9pp

68%62%55%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 59%

RWM higher standard

-6pp

7%4%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

66%

Reading higher standard

22%

Writing expected standard

72%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

69%

Maths higher standard

13%

Science expected standard

75%

SPAG expected standard

50%

SPAG higher standard

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

102.0

GPS scaled score

100.0

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

227

Pupil : teacher ratio

18.6

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

15%

FSM eligible

64%

SEN

20%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

21%

Contact

Address

Vulcan Street, Oldham, OL1 4LJ

Local authority

Oldham

Website

www.willowparkacademy.org

Telephone

01613595699

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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	59%	0%	66%	22%	72%	6%	69%	13%	75%	50%	103.0	102.0	100.0	—	—	—	20%	227
2023/24	68%	6%	76%	32%	74%	12%	71%	12%	76%	59%	103.0	102.0	100.0	—	—	—	18%	230
2022/23	62%	5%	71%	19%	62%	5%	71%	10%	67%	57%	104.0	101.0	101.0	+1.90	+0.30	+0.90	17%	236
2018/19	62%	7%	66%	21%	62%	21%	66%	17%	62%	59%	101.0	103.0	100.0	-1.60	-0.20	-0.70	23%	260
2017/18	55%	0%	64%	23%	59%	9%	55%	5%	64%	59%	103.0	99.0	102.0	+0.10	-2.00	-3.60	—	251
2016/17	17%	0%	33%	0%	33%	0%	25%	0%	50%	38%	96.0	95.0	97.0	-6.90	-8.90	-7.90	—	0

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	227	21.7	20%	15%	64%	6%	21%
2023/24	230	24.7	18%	13%	68%	7%	26%
2022/23	236	22.9	17%	10%	69%	6%	17%
2021/22	243	26.0	18%	12%	69%	8%	23%
2020/21	244	26.2	20%	9%	57%	—	—
2018/19	260	37.3	23%	11%	62%	7%	26%
2017/18	—	32.1	—	—	—	6%	18%
2016/17	—	—	—	—	—	6%	22%