Willow Tree Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Willow Tree Community Primary School is a primary school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Willow Tree Community 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 |
| 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 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- 2026 Reception entry saw 55 first-choice applications for 55 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 60.
- 24.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 11.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Wetherby Road, Harrogate, HG2 7SG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 423 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enthusiastic about their learning at this caring and supportive school.”
- “The school is highly inclusive.”
- “Staff work hard to understand the needs of each individual pupil.”
To improve
- “The attendance of some pupils is lower than leaders would like, and significantly below the national average.”
- “In some areas, where the curriculum is newer, its impact is still to be fully realised.”
- “The attendance of pupils at the school is too low.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 November 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) | 61% | 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: 55 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 55 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 North Yorkshire.
- Hookstone Chase Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Starbeck Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Oatlands Community Junior School 1.1 mi Not judged
- Oatlands Infant School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Western Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published