Ofsted: Outstanding trending_up Places Available emoji_events #4 in Staffordshire public Top 9% UK

Willows Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Joanne Whitmore

location_onLichfield, WS13 7NU

language Visit Website phone 1543421830

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2012

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Students

377

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Expected Standard

82%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Willows Primary School is a Community school primary school in Lichfield, serving ages 3-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Ranks in the top 9% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Willows Primary School is a community school in Lichfield, Staffordshire, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 377 pupils on roll.

In 2025, 82% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 21% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #4 of 248 primaries in Staffordshire and #151 of 15,231 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2012. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 16.9:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 20.9%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.4 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

82%

LA 62%

Reading91% LA 75%

Writing82% LA 72%

Maths91% LA 73%

Read SS

110

Maths SS

111

GPS SS

112

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

80%

LA 62%England 61%

Reading87% LA 75% · Eng 74%

Writing83% LA 73% · Eng 72%

Maths92% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

109

GPS SS

111

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

76%

LA 60%England 60%

Reading78% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing83% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths90% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.5

Read

LA -0.1

-0.1 to 3.1

2.4

Write

LA -0.1

0.8 to 3.9

5.0

Maths

LA -0.2

3.5 to 6.6

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

86%

LA 64%England 65%

Reading88% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing89% LA 77% · Eng 78%

Maths95% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

108

GPS SS

111

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.0

Read

LA -0.5

0.4 to 3.7

2.4

Write

LA -0.5

0.9 to 3.9

3.6

Maths

LA -0.8

2.1 to 5.0

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

78%

LA 64%

Reading86% LA 75%

Writing86% LA 78%

Maths91% LA 75%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

110

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.9

Read

LA -0.4

-0.7 to 2.5

2.1

Write

LA -0.3

0.6 to 3.6

1.2

Maths

LA -0.6

-0.2 to 2.6

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2012-09-26

S5 Inspection EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2008-02-06

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.5%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.3%(1 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 377 pupils. During this period, there were 2 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.5%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

View Historical Disciplinary Records (2017–2025)keyboard_arrow_down

Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2023/24 (Summer term)	377	2	0.5%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	381	1	0.3%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	378	2	0.5%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	383	2	0.5%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	377	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	374	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	388	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	386	1	0.3%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	385	7	1.8%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	389	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	388	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	389	4	1.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	386	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	386	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	382	3	0.8%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	407	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	409	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	406	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	394	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	423	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	417	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	428	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	424	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	418	0	0.0%	0.5%