Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary School
Primary school in Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester. Good (Jun 2023).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 6 June 2023, report published 12 July 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Willow Wood Community Nursery & Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Good overall. The school was doing well. The most common grade under the previous system. 76% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Good.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good |
| 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 June 2027
The last inspection was in June 2023. 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 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.3 milesWharton CofE Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Oct 2024)
- 1.0 milesSt. Chad's Church of England Primary School
School remains Good (Feb 2023)
- 1.1 milesWinsford High Street Community Primary School
School remains Good (Feb 2023)
- 1.5 milesGrange Community Nursery and Primary School
Good (Apr 2023)
- 1.6 milesDarnhall Primary School
Good (Oct 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.