Willow Tree Primary School
Primary · Watford · WD18 6LL
Data updated
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.
Inspected 19 April 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
185 pupils · 68% of 274 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 29.2% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 151528
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 0.65 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 19 April 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.65 first-choice applications per place20 places offered · 13 first-choice applications · usually has places
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Furthest child admitted, by admission rule (2026 entry)
- Nearest School
- 329.07 m (≈0.20 mi)
- Not Nearest School
- 1388.71 m (≈0.86 mi)
Places were not all filled that year, so these distances show how far the furthest child admitted under each rule lived, not how close you needed to be.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Watford school admissions · Hertfordshire school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Asian Pakistani 20% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 5%) · White British 17% (Hertfordshire 58%, England 60%) · Any other White background 11% (Hertfordshire 11%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 11% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 10% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 4%) · Black African 9% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 5/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 38.8% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 20.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 29.6% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 23% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 49.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 40% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 28.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 31.9% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 3.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 58.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 6.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 26.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023864 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £380,000327 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £277,500–£439,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 2an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 2an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 9an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 2an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted