Willoughby Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Loughborough, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.821 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Willoughby Primary School is a primary school in Loughborough, Nottinghamshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Willoughby 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 | 2.821 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 2.821 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2020.
- In 2026 there were 5 first-choice applications for 6 Reception offers (0.8 first choices per offer, 3rd lowest of 248 Nottinghamshire primary schools), and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 3 of the 18 Reception applications in 2026 (17%) came from families living outside Nottinghamshire, and 0 offers went to them.
- With 47 pupils on roll, it has 13.4 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Nottinghamshire is 20.9.
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
- Church Lane, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, Loughborough, LE12 6SS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 47 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “Willoughby Primary School is a vibrant hive of activity where pupils participate fully in school life and attend well.”
- “They benefit greatly from the positive relationships they develop with their peers and staff.”
- “Each morning, pupils and staff greet one another formally, yet warmly, on the playground before moving calmly into classes.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, a few pupils do not gain a secure understanding and they find it difficult to demonstrate and explain what they have learned.”
- “They build less successfully on their knowledge due to the curriculum and teaching not reflecting their age-related needs or starting points in a few places.”
- “However, in a few aspects they have not defined precisely enough the knowledge that different year groups should learn.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 May 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 5 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 5 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.
- Willow Brook Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Keyworth Primary and Nursery School 3.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Costock CofE Primary School 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kinoulton Primary School 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bunny CofE Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crossdale Primary School 4.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brookside Primary School 5.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
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