St John's Catholic Primary School, TrowbridgeWillowbrook Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Trowbridge.

Summary of the comparison

St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge and Willowbrook Primary School are primary schools in Trowbridge.

St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Willowbrook Primary School scores 30 out of 100 (grade F, weak). St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge is ahead on our composite score.
St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge was judged Good and Willowbrook Primary School was judged in need of attention.
On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 55.0% for St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge and 38.0% for Willowbrook Primary School.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge (62.0% in 2022-23, 55.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Willowbrook Primary School (33.0% in 2022-23, 38.0% in 2024-25).

St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge versus Willowbrook Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	TrowbridgeSt John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge	TrowbridgeWillowbrook Primary School	England average
Overview
Our score	C62/100Stronger figure	F30/100
Local ranking	63rd of 190 in Wiltshire Stronger figure	173rd of 190 in Wiltshire
Inspection	Ofsted: GoodStronger figure	Ofsted: Needs attention
School type	Voluntary aided school	Academy sponsor led
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	4-11	4-11
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	297	95
Capacity	315	210
Location	Trowbridge, BA14 9EA	Trowbridge, BA14 7HE
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	55.0% Stronger figure	38.0%	62.0%
At higher standard	11.0% Stronger figure	6.0%	8.0%
Reading average scaled score	106.0 Stronger figure	103.0	106.0
Maths average scaled score	104.0 Stronger figure	99.0	105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census	297	95
Free school meals (ever 6)	15.2%	52.6%
English as an additional language	33.7%	21.1%
SEN support	8.8%	26.3%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.7%	6.3%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.4% Stronger figure	6.7%	6.2%
Persistent absence	9.2% Stronger figure	18.6%	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.