Willow Park CofE Primary School
Primary school in Bristol. Inadequate (Mar 2024). Special measures.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 5 March 2024, report published 15 May 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Special measures. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This grade was given to Willow Park CofE Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Willow Park CofE Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Inadequate overall. The lowest grade. The school had serious problems. 2% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Inadequate.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Inadequate |
| 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 March 2028
The last inspection was in March 2024. 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 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.4 milesCathedral Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Oct 2024)
- 0.5 milesSs Peter and Paul RC Primary School
Good (Feb 2023)
- 0.7 milesCotham Gardens Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education inadequate (Dec 2024) Special measures
- 0.7 milesChrist Church Church of England Primary School
Outstanding (Jul 2024)
- 0.9 milesHannah More Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (May 2025)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.