Willow Bank School
Community special school in Newton-le-Willows (St. Helens).
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iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).Press Map+ on the map for a full-screen view with neighbourhood deprivation layers.
Nearby schools
nearest first10 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is Wargrave House School, 0.7 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wargrave House SchoolNon-maintained special | 0.7 mi | Special | 74 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in all six areas |
| St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 0.9 mi | Primary | 226 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
| Wargrave CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 0.9 mi | Primary | 424 | No overall grade, 2024Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| Newton-le-Willows Primary SchoolCommunity | 0.9 mi | Primary | 563 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 1 area, Needs attention in 6 |
| Winwick CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.1 mi | Primary | 162 | Ungraded inspection, Oct 2023Last graded Good (Oct 2014) |
| St Mary's Catholic Infant AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1.2 mi | Primary | 173 | Requires improvement, 2022This inspection was of the school this one replaced. |
| St Mary's Catholic Junior AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1.3 mi | Primary | 219 | Requires improvement, 2022This inspection was of the school this one replaced. |
| The District CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 1.4 mi | Primary | 365 | Good, 2021This inspection was of the previous school, before it became an academy. |
| Hope AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1.4 mi | Secondary | 1,235 | No overall grade, 2024Good in 3 key judgements, Requires improvement in 1 |
| Burtonwood Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 1.9 mi | Primary | 206 | Good, 2023 |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 20% least deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 9 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 25
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