Primary school in Watford, Hertfordshire
Willow Tree Primary School
Tolpits Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 6LL
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 19 April 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 185
- Places
- 274
- How full
- 68% full — 185 of 274 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 81 / 104
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Watford 011B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 39%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 20%
- Households owning their home
- 34%
- Households in social housing
- 28%
- Households with no car
- 27%
- Adults economically inactive
- 33%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- INCLUSIVE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Tanya Mortlock
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Ward
- Holywell
- Constituency
- Watford
- URN
- 151528
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 61% | 0.3 mi |
| Ascot Road Primary SchoolFree schools | Good 2024 | 75% | 0.4 mi |
| Laurance Haines SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 70% | 0.5 mi |
| Chater Infant SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | — | 0.8 mi |
| Chater Junior SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 63% | 0.9 mi |
| Malvern Way Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity school | No grade | — | 1.1 mi |
| Field Junior SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 85% | 1.1 mi |
| Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery)Community school | No grade | — | 1.1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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