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School · PrimaryiSource and licenceOfficial record from Get Information about Schools (DfE). Results, attendance, pupil numbers, finance and inspection outcomes are from the Department for Education and Ofsted, as published.Governor records: Get Information about Schools, as at 25 October 2026.Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.Governance Register calculates the connections.How we handle data

Willowcroft Community School

Academy converter primary school in Didcot (Oxfordshire).

KS2 RWM expected
69%
▲ 7pp England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
82%
▲ 7pp England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
75%
▲ 1pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
75%
▲ 3pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
94.6%
▼ 0.2pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
23.2
▲ 2.5 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
21.8%
▼ 3pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
100%
481 / 482 pupils
register figure (GIAS)

Location

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).

About

iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).

Willowcroft Community School is a primary school located in Didcot, Oxfordshire. The school caters for boys and girls aged 2 to 11 and currently has 488 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 482. It is part of the WILLOWCROFT ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Miss Amanda Doy.

Enrichment

9 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Chess
  • Choir
  • Computing
  • Cooking
  • Gardening
  • Minecraft
  • Music
  • Swimming
  • Forest School

Awards

3 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Eco SchoolsEnvironment
  • Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
  • Sing UpRecognised award

Key facts

URN
139770
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Ages
2 to 11
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Local authority
Oxfordshire
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2013

Governing body (15 current, 3 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

12 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).

Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Ho Yin Dai Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Carol Diffenthal Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Ms Jodie Brown Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Ellie Stacey Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Rachel Farrington Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Jocelyn English Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Steven Davies Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Malcolm Edge Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023
Mrs Amanda Doy Confirmed same personAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2022
Mr Malcolm Wright Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022
Ms Amanda Doy Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2020 · until 2028
Mrs Tracy Belcher Confirmed same personChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2016
Mr Sean McWhinnie Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2013
O.P.E.N Education NetworkMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2013
Mr Ho Yin Dai Confirmed same person FormerMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · term ended 2026
Mrs Carol Diffenthal Confirmed same person FormerChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2024 · term ended 2026
Mrs Leanne Adams FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · term ended 2026

Full governing body

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Miss Joanne RushentGovernance Professional - Single-Academy Trust (SAT)Governance professionalsince 2024 · until 2028

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record