Willow Tree Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Watford, WD18 6LL
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Holywell Primary School
Tolpits Lane, Watford, WD18 6LL
Primary
Phase
240
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 30 November 2025 and continues as Willow Tree Primary School (URN 151528) (opened 1 December 2025). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 33.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 57.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 57.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 40.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 40.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 97.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 100.0
- Cohort Size
- 30
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 184
- Boys
- 105 (57%)
- Girls
- 79 (43%)
- Capacity
- 240 (77% full)
- SEND
- 17.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.6%
- EAL
- 52.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.3%
- SEN Support
- 13.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,539/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 19.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 15.8%
- Asian Indian: 14.7%
- White Other: 14.1%
- Asian Other: 9.2%
- Black African: 7.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.7%
19.6%
White British
15.8%
Asian Pakistani
14.7%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Tolpits Lane
Watford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 117290
- UKPRN
- 10079553
- Establishment No.
- 2349
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