Willow Primary Academy

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Willow Primary Academy is a primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 January 2024. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.

Willow Primary Academy 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
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 7 earlier figures.

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, whereas places ran out, with a last distance published, in 6 of the 7 earlier years with a published outcome.
Reception 2026 had 20 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
2024/25 reading, writing and maths expected standard: 18% met it, lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire that have results.
In 2024/25, 18% met the expected standard (England 62%), while 9% reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%).

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Gloucestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Evenlode Road, Tuffley, Gloucester, GL4 0JY
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Gloucestershire
Pupils on roll: 211 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 49.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 15.3

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 23 January 2024

Strengths

“Willow Primary Academy is a caring and inclusive school.”
“However, as a result of a well-thought-out curriculum and high expectations, children get off to a flying start.”
“Children learn the school values of ‘PRIDE’ as soon as they start in Reception.”

To improve

“Older pupils say that, in the past, there were some incidents of bullying.”
“However, in some subjects, the sequencing of what pupils need to know and understand is not as well thought out.”
“For example, pupils’ writing in key stage 2 sometimes lacks fluency and accuracy because pupils do not draw on their previous learning to help them.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 March 2024 (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)	18%	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: 20 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 20 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 Gloucestershire.

Harewood Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Harewood Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
Grange Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Waterwells Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Kingsway Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Meadowside Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
Calton Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Beech Green Primary School 1.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published