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The Willows Primary School

Pyle Hill, The Willows Primary School, Pyle Hill, Newbury, RG14 7SJ

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OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)94.2%
Attainment (2024/25)66% met expected standard (KS2)
Roll vs capacityAround published capacity
Pupils337

Ofsted inspection

Latest Ofsted report card

Report card grades

Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Ofsted grades each area on its own, from urgent improvement up to exceptional. Expected standard means the school is doing everything it should. These grades cannot be compared with the old overall grades.

Report published 19 Apr 2026.

Inspection history

  • Last overall gradeGood
  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in RG14. Where we have them, council (West Berkshire) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
337
Free school meals
24.6%
3.5% above district average (21.1%)

Also: West Berkshire 15.2% · England 24.7%

SEN
18.8%
9.1% below district average (27.9%)

Also: West Berkshire 18.4% · England 18.2%

EAL
20.4%
2% below district average (22.4%)
Attendance
94.2% Autumn and spring 2024/25
0.5% above district average (93.7%)

Also: West Berkshire 95.1% · England 94.8%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the RG14 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2024/25: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

15.7%

2.4% above England (13.3%)

KS2 expected standard2024/25

66%

4% above England (62%)

KS2 greater depth2024/25

12%

4% above England (8%)

KS2 reading2024/25

81%

6% above England (75%)

KS2 writing2024/25

69%

3% below England (72%)

KS2 maths2024/25

85%

11% above England (74%)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.

  • 96.6%
    2020/21
  • 93.5%
    2021/22
  • 93.4%
    2022/23
  • 94.4%
    2023/24
  • 94.2%
    2024/25

Key Stage 2

Share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined.

  • 63%
    2022/23
  • 63%
    2023/24
  • 66%
    2024/25

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 37 families put this school first. All of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
37
First-preference offers
37
First preferences offered a place
100%
Total offers
53
Named on any preference
74

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Around published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
450
Pupils on roll
337

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the West Berkshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
18.8%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near The Willows Primary School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

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Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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