Willow Tree Primary School
Primary school in St Helens. Requires improvement (Jul 2022).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 5 July 2022, report published 21 September 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Willow Tree Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Willow Tree Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| 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 January 2025
The last inspection was in July 2022. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
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 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.4 milesSt Theresa's Catholic Primary School
Report card, Feb 2026: 2 strong, 5 expected
- 0.5 milesSherdley Primary School
School remains Good (Jan 2023)
- 0.7 milesEaves Primary School
School remains Good (Feb 2023)
- 0.8 milesSt Anne's Catholic Primary School
Good (Oct 2022)
- 0.9 milesSutton Manor Community Primary School
Good (Dec 2022)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.