The Willows Catholic Primary School, Kirkham
Primary · Preston · PR4 2BT
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 12 January 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
208 pupils · 99% of 210 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 7.7% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 4.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 8.1% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 0.9% of pupils
- Website
- www.willows.lancs.sch.uk
- URN
- 151086
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.26 first-choice applications per place31 places offered · 39 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.