Willow Bank Junior School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Reading, RG5 4RW
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Willow Bank Junior School
Duffield Road, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4RW
Primary
Phase
240
Capacity
7-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 31 March 2025 and continues as Willow Bank Junior School (URN 149954) (opened 1 April 2025). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 73.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 10.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 59
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 238
- Boys
- 127 (53%)
- Girls
- 111 (47%)
- Capacity
- 240 (99% full)
- SEND
- 15.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 10.1%
- EAL
- 13.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.6%
- SEN Support
- 10.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,162/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 6.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 72.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 8.4%
- Asian Indian: 3.4%
- Mixed Other: 2.5%
- Asian Other: 2.5%
- White Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Asian Chinese: 1.7%
72.2%
White British
8.4%
Asian Pakistani
3.4%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Duffield Road
Reading, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 109890
- UKPRN
- 10079845
- Establishment No.
- 2161
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- Distance
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Ofsted: Outstanding
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