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Willow Park School

Special / other · Sheffield · S2 2RU

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Requires improvement

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: Requires improvementLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 10 January 2023

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At a glance

89 pupils · 89% of 100 capacity

School type
Academy special sponsor led
Age range
7–16
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
86.5% of pupils
English as additional language
1.1% of pupils
SEN support
0% of pupils
EHC plan
100% of pupils
Website
https://www.teameducation.org/page/?title=Willow+Park+School&pid=254
URN
151377

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

no data

Reaching the higher standard

no data

Average scaled score (reading)

no data

Average scaled score (maths)

no data

GCSE results (2024/2025)

Attainment 8 score

no data

Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no data

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no data

EBacc average point score

no data

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
25.9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
56.2%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
4.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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

This school£20,011
Typical special / other school£29,008

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.

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