Willow Tree Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Wetherby Road, Harrogate, HG2 7SG – View on map
- Phone: 01423883551
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Robert Mold
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 55 families put it first for 55 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 100
- % eligible for free school meals: 25.8%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 24% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.6% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 41% moved to another school, 59% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across North Yorkshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 11 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in North Yorkshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 15.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 26 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 16 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 61% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 59% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 59%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 69% · Writing 75% · Maths 72% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 70%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 104
- Based on: 64 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 119th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =119Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School61%
- =119Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School61%
- =119Willow Tree Community Primary School61%
- =124Hunmanby Primary School60%
- =124Kirkby in Malhamdale United Voluntary Aided Primary School60%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,533 (2024-25)
187th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #185St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy£6,543
- #186Settle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,535
- #187Willow Tree Community Primary School£6,533
- #188Keeble Gateway Academy£6,532
- #189Middleton Tyas Church of England Primary School£6,493
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