Willow Tree Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Northolt, Ealing
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Ealing Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Willow Tree Primary School is a primary school in Northolt, Ealing for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2023. Ealing has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Willow Tree Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 42 first-choice applications for 53 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 11 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- It has 15.9 pupils per teacher, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Ealing is 20.7.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Ealing schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Priors Farm Lane, Northolt, UB5 5FE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Ealing
- Pupils on roll
- 462 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 July 2023
Strengths
- “This is a friendly and inclusive school.”
- “Staff know pupils and their families well.”
- “They look after pupils with a great sense of care and make sure that they feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects other than English and mathematics, leaders have not made clear how teachers should develop pupils’ deeper conceptual understanding.”
- “As a result, pupils’ progress through the curriculum is not as strong.”
- “Some pupils need help to improve their behaviour, attendance or punctuality.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 66% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 42 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 42 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Ealing.
- Petts Hill Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Gifford Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Greenwood Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Viking Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ravenor Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wood End Primary School 1.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Raphael's Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Downe Manor Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published