The Willows School

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

RotherhamLocal Authority

Rother ValleyConstituency

S66 9NTPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

The Willows School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 7–19, located in Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 197 pupils. The Willows School is part of Nexus Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 25 Nov 2025 · published 28 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

91%

Asian

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

197

Total Pupils

64%Boys

36%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

55%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 7 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 197
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Nexus Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
6 Mar 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.