Willow Primary School, Slough

Ofsted's report card from its 21 April 2026 inspection grades Willow Primary School on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusion sits at the heart of the school's work."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders place personal development at the heart of the school's work and go to great lengths to provide a rich and diverse programme."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils achieve well overall."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a culture where pupils happily attend school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders provide a broad, well-sequenced and ambitious curriculum that is rooted in the school's context."

Early years - Expected standard. "The early years is rightly prioritised by leaders."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have a thorough understanding of the school's context, strengths and areas for development."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that their work to support families and pupils leads to further reductions in rates of persistent absence for all pupils"; "Leaders should ensure lesson activities enable all pupils to build securely on prior learning and produce consistently high-quality work across the wider curriculum".

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils at Willow Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 88% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 81% in Slough and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 88% in reading and 93% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 42 families put Willow Primary School as their first choice and 167 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Willow Primary School are Iqra Slough Islamic Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Outstanding, 94% reading, 91% maths); St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 63% reading, 56% maths); Khalsa Primary School (0.4 miles, 94% reading, 94% maths); and Wexham Court Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 87% reading, 81% maths).

Willow Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Willow Primary School is one of 3 schools run by Marish Academy Trust, an academy trust.

16.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 72% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (69%), Mixed (6%) and other ethnic groups (6%).

Willow Primary School provides for pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moderate learning difficulties.

The nearest railway station is Slough Rail Station, about 810 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lea School (opposite), 190 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 570 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Slough (290), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Willow Primary School issued 13 suspensions, 2.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Willow Primary School are St Joseph's Catholic High School (0.3 miles), Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy (0.4 miles), St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School (0.8 miles) and Wexham School (0.8 miles).