Willow Tree Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · St Helens, St. Helens
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From St Helens Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2022–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Willow Tree Primary School is a primary school in St Helens, St. Helens for ages 3–11 (academy converter). St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
Willow Tree 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 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 23% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception 2025 applicant was offered a place, as at 36 of the 52 other St. Helens primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- 2026 Reception entry saw 10 first-choice applications for 11 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- 54.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in St. Helens is 30.6%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other St. Helens schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Willow Tree Avenue, Leach Lane, Sutton Leach, St Helens, WA9 4LZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 172 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 73% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 10 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 St. Helens.
- St Theresa's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sherdley Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eaves Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Sutton Manor Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Robins Lane Community Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sutton Oak CofE Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John Vianney Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published