Willow Nursery School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

Central BedfordshireLocal Authority

Dunstable and Leighton BuzzardConstituency

LU5 4QUPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Willow Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–5, located in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 83 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

57%

Asian

27%

Black

Mixed

12%

Any other group

Pupils

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

45%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 2 – 5
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 83
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
23 Jun 2024	Good	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good
19 Nov 2012	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.