Primary
The Willows Primary School
Pyle Hill, Newbury, RG14 7SJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 337 of 450 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Nursery
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 40.4
- Pupils per adult
- 9.6
- Pupils
- 389
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2026
- AchievementStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- Early yearsStrong standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
December 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
March 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
SATs results
66%
5 points above the Newbury average (61% across 20 schools)
107.0
1.1 above the Newbury average (105.9 across 20 schools)
8th of 21 by our score, among the primary schools in Newbury we can score - 28 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 107 |
| Average reading score | 107 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 66% |
| Working at a higher standard | 12% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 63% |
| 23/24 | 63% |
| 24/25 | 66% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
Pyle Hill, Newbury, RG14 7SJ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
West Berkshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Executive Headteacher
- Jo MacArthur
- Address
- Pyle Hill, Newbury, RG14 7SJ
- Telephone
- 0163542155