Willow Primary Academy, Gloucester

In 2025, 45% of Year 6 pupils at Willow Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 30% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 75% in Gloucestershire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 45% in reading and 48% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 20 families put Willow Primary Academy as their first choice and 35 named it as one of their preferences, for 25 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Willow Primary Academy are Harewood Junior School (0.6 miles, Good, 88% reading, 91% maths); Harewood Infant School (0.6 miles, Good); Grange Primary Academy (0.7 miles, Requires improvement, 59% reading, 50% maths); and Waterwells Primary Academy (0.9 miles, Good, 80% reading, 72% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Willow Primary Academy.

Willow Primary Academy is one of 8 schools run by Sand Academies Trust, an academy trust.

49.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 12.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (60%), Mixed (15%) and Black (8%).

In 2026, 55 pupils (26.1%) received SEN support and 46 (21.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Willow Primary Academy has a SEN unit for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 30 places, 30 pupils on roll.

Willow Primary Academy had 16 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Gloucester Rail Station, about 2.7 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Pata (by), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Willow Primary Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Willow Primary Academy issued 26 suspensions, 12.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Willow Primary Academy are St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre (0.2 miles), Holmleigh Park High School (0.6 miles), The Crypt School (0.9 miles) and Ribston Hall High School (1.4 miles).