The Willows Primary School
Downing Close, Ipswich, IP2 9ER
Headteacher: Mrs Kelly HeadSchool website ↗Pupils: 306 (capacity: 420)Part of ORWELL MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Ofsted Requires Improvement
Inspected February 2024
35%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Requires Improvement
Inspected February 2024
100%
First-choice offer rate
Latest data: 2024/25
Ofsted RatingInspected 13 February 2024Full report ↗
Requires Improvement
From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.
Quality of Teaching
Requires Improvement
Behaviour in School
Requires Improvement
Pupils' Wider Development
Good
School Leadership
Requires Improvement
SATs Results (2024/25)
End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.
Reading, Writing & Maths combinedⓘReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
35.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)ⓘHigher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
6.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 54%·Writing 50%·Maths 50%→All three 35%
Reading
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average
How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)
This school is not oversubscribed.
Supply meets demand.
- How many places were offered?
- 17
- How many families wanted this school first?
- 17
- How many got their first choice?
- 17of 17 (100.0%)
- How many applied in total?
- 37
Pupils & Inclusion
Eligible for pupil premium
57.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageⓘEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
22.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportⓘSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
26.0%
Boys and girls
52%girls·48%boys
160 girls, 146 boys
Location
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Results Over Time
↑ Peaked at 87% (2016/17), currently 35%
* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.
Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.
View raw year-by-year data
| Year | Reading, Writing & Maths (expected %) | Exceeding expected (%) | Reading Progress | Writing Progress | Maths Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 62.0% | 7.0% | -1.3 | +0.5 | +1.6 |
| 2016/17 | 87.0% | 0.0% | +2.3 | +3.3 | +3.5 |
| 2017/18 | 47.0% | 3.0% | -1.8 | +3.2 | -2.9 |
| 2018/19 | 51.0% | 3.0% | -3.1 | -1.5 | -3.4 |
| 2022/23 | 20.0% | 0.0% | -3.3 | -5.3 | -4.6 |
| 2023/24 | 28.0% | 4.0% | - | - | - |
| 2024/25 | 35.0% | 6.0% | - | - | - |