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The Willows Primary School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 337Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 135213URN

Pyle Hill, The Willows Primary School, Pyle Hill, Newbury, RG14 7SJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.4per place
0.7 below West Berkshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in West Berkshire

74 applications for 53 places · 33rd of 36 in West Berkshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
66%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 February 2026Published 19 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 10 February 2026
    Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
  2. 7 December 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.4applications per place, Reception
0.7 below West Berkshire median (2.1) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

74 applications · 53 places offered · 37 named it first

  1. 2026 1.4; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.4; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  3. 2024 1.8; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 1.6; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.2; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.4; West Berkshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.1; West Berkshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.2; West Berkshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.2; West Berkshire median median 2.2
  10. 2017 1.4; West Berkshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.1; West Berkshire median median 2.3
  12. 2015 1.3; West Berkshire median median 2.2
  13. 2014 1.1; West Berkshire median median 2.2
More applications per place than the West Berkshire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • West Berkshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202653741.4370.70
Sep 202530421.4200.67
Sep 202445821.8400.89
Sep 202339611.6300.77
Sep 202260711.2500.83
Sep 202125361.4230.92
Sep 202060671.1460.77
Sep 201949591.2380.78
Sep 201856691.2490.88
Sep 201760831.4601.00
Sep 201671751.1470.66
Sep 201560751.3490.82
Sep 201460681.1490.82

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 81% · Writing 69% · Maths 85% → all three 66% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard66%15th of 52 in West Berkshire
Reading
Expected standard81%
Higher standard37%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard69%
Greater depth19%
Maths
Expected standard85%
Higher standard32%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • West Berkshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2566%12%107107
2023/2463%15%105106
2022/2363%15%106106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
135213 · 869/3361
Capacity
450 pupils · 337 on roll
Free school meals
24.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
17 April 2007
Replaced
Greenham Court Community Primary School (URN 109881)
Address
Pyle Hill, The Willows Primary School, Pyle Hill, Newbury, RG14 7SJ
Local authority
West Berkshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources