Willow Brook Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.796 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Willow Brook Primary School is a primary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 June 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Willow Brook 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 | 0.796 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.796 miles away, nearer than in 2025; the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- In 2026 there were 36 first-choice applications for 33 Reception offers; 33 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 52% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Among 7 schools, this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Nottinghamshire that have results, its 2024/25 expected-standard figure was the lowest.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Nottinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Willow Brook, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5BB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 191 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this caring and inclusive school.”
- “They feel safe and have a trusted adult to talk to should the need arise.”
- “Pupils say that the best thing about the school is the fun learning and the kind teachers.”
To improve
- “Some parents say they would appreciate better communication from school leaders.”
- “However, this is not the case for some pupils.”
- “For these pupils, the support they receive does not routinely match their additional needs well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 September 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) | 52% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 33 offers in total, 33 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 Nottinghamshire.
- Keyworth Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crossdale Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Tollerton Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Bunny CofE Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kinoulton Primary School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cotgrave Candleby Lane School 3.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cotgrave Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willoughby Primary School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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