Willow Lane Community Primary School
Primary school in Lancaster, Lancashire. No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Apr 2025).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 23 April 2025, report published 19 May 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around April 2029
The last inspection was in April 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.5 milesLancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School
Report card, Jul 2026: 1 strong, 6 expected
- 0.8 milesLancaster Ryelands Primary School
Report card, Apr 2026: 2 strong, 5 expected
- 0.9 milesThe Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster
Standards maintained (Mar 2025)
- 1.0 milesMorecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School
School remains Good (Sep 2023)
- 1.0 milesSt Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster
Requires improvement (Jun 2024)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.