Willow Farm Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.624 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Willow Farm Primary School is a primary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Willow Farm 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 | 0.624 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.624 miles away, the 23rd shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 7 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 49 first-choice applications for 44 offers; 44 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
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 Lane, Gedling, Nottingham, NG4 4BN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 243 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Willow Farm experience a nurturing, joyful and highly inclusive education.”
- “From the moment they join the school, children are understood and valued as individuals.”
- “Staff understand their needs deeply and work hard to remove any barriers to learning or wellbeing.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise the need to continue to strengthen the level of challenge to move pupils on to more complex work so that they deepen their understanding.”
- “Occasionally, the expectation for technical accuracy in writing across all subjects is not high enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 February 2026 (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) | 68% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 44 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.
- All Hallows CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Priory Junior School 0.4 mi Good
- Phoenix Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Netherfield Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Haddon Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stanhope Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rivendell Flying High Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Carlton Infant Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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