Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Colchester, CO4 0DT
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Friars Grove Primary School
Upland Drive, Colchester, CO4 0PZ
Local ranking120th of 430 primary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
5-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 12 July 2023.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 59.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 7.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 59
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 398
- Boys
- 206 (50%)
- Girls
- 202 (50%)
- Capacity
- 420 (97% full)
- SEND
- 13.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.1%
- EAL
- 14.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.0%
- SEN Support
- 12.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,326/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.2% 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: 68.5%
- White Other: 7.4%
- Asian Indian: 4.8%
- Black African: 3.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
68.5%
White British
7.4%
White Other
4.8%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Upland Drive
Colchester, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 114761
- UKPRN
- 10073227
- Establishment No.
- 2075
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