Victoria Road, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire WA15 6PP
10 reasons to choose Willows Primary School, Timperley
Top line
Willows Primary School, Timperley has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Altrincham and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Willows Primary School, Timperley is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2024) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Willows Primary School, Timperley has one or two classes per year, and an average class size of 29 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Willows Primary School, Timperley ranks in the top 10% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 16% of schools.
The Willows Primary School, Timperley curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Core subjects are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly topics with cross-curricular links to other subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip for Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Willows Primary School, Timperley
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Willows Primary School, Timperley
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are 8.45am to 3.15/3.20pm, though after school clubs may extend the day.
Find another school near Willows Primary School, Timperley
Forest Preparatory School, Timperley (0.4 miles); Bowdon Preparatory School (2 miles); Hale Preparatory School (2 miles).
Cloverlea Primary School (0.9 miles); Navigation Primary School (1 mile); St Vincent’s Catholic Primary School, Altrincham (1.1 miles).
Withington Girls’ School (6 miles); Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Boys (6.1 miles); St Bede’s College (6.5 miles).
Wellington School (0.8 miles); Altrincham College of Arts (1.3 miles); Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College (1.6 miles).