Willow Tree Primary School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

St HelensLocal Authority

St Helens South and WhistonConstituency

WA9 4LZPostcode

0.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Willow Tree Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in St Helens, North West.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 172 pupils. Willow Tree Primary School is part of The Three Saints Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Ethnicity

White

84%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

172

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

55%

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 172
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: The Three Saints Academy Trust

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
21 Sept 2022	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

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.