Willow Tree Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Watford, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.20 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Willow Tree Primary School is a primary school in Watford, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 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 2026 | 0.20 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.71 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.27 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.63 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.12 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.29 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.28 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.23 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.29 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.29 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.20 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.25 mi |
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, among children for whom it was the nearest school, lived 0.20 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and 2015.
- Reception 2026 drew 13 first-choice applications for 20 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer and the 15th lowest of 359 Hertfordshire primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Some 27% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 14.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hertfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Tolpits Lane, Watford, WD18 6LL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 185 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27% of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 13 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 Hertfordshire.
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ascot Road Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Laurance Haines School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chater Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Chater Junior School 0.9 mi Not judged
- Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Field Junior School 1.1 mi Standards maintained
- Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery) 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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