Willowbrook School
Exeter, EX4 8NN · Devon local authority
Exeter’s School Grade B− better than 48% of towns in England
What stands out about Willowbrook School
- Its own letter, D: Key Stage 2 results near the bottom of England’s primary schools (better than 9%)
- 37% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Requires improvement, June 2022 (shown, not graded)
- 98% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (47 of 48)
- Homes in its postcode sector (EX4 8) sold for a median £300,000; Exeter’s is £295,000
How hard is it to get a place at Willowbrook School?
98% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2026 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The Harbour Schools Partnership sets the admissions rules. Apply through Devon council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
98% got their first choice
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025449 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Willowbrook School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Requires improvement, June 2022.
Living near Willowbrook School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in EX4 8, the school’s postcode sector
Exeter property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in EX4 8 sell for about the same as Exeter’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
17 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Exeter, EX4 8NN
Willowbrook School: common questions
Is Willowbrook School a good school?
By its published results, well below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 9% of England’s primary schools (its letter is D), with 0% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Requires improvement, June 2022.
How hard is it to get into Willowbrook School?
For September 2026, 48 families put Willowbrook School first and 47 of them were offered a place; 49 places were offered in all.
What is Willowbrook School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Requires improvement (June 2022).
How much do houses cost near Willowbrook School?
Homes in its postcode sector, EX4 8, sold for a median £300,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (297 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
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