Whiston Willis Primary Academy
Prescot, L35 2XY · Knowsley local authority
Prescot’s School Grade B better than 56% of towns in England
What stands out about Whiston Willis Primary Academy
- Its own letter, A−: Key Stage 2 results better than 75% of England’s primary schools
- 71% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9 points above England’s schools
- Over capacity: 419 pupils for 353 places
- Ofsted: Outstanding, January 2024 (shown, not graded)
- 94% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (51 of 54)
- Homes in its postcode sector (L35 2) sold for a median £160,000; Prescot’s is £221,500
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 71%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 74% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Knowsley avg 60%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 104, maths 103 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 25 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Whiston Willis Primary Academy?
94% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2025 (15), 2026 (3). 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. Wade Deacon Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Knowsley council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
100% got their first choice
94% got their first choice
Prescot and Knowsley, side by side
2023–2025All 49 graded primaries in Knowsley. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Prescot’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halewood Church of England Primary Academy | A+ | 5% | 84% |
| Blacklow Brow School | A | 13% | 82% |
| Malvern Primary School | A | 17% | 79% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | A | 29% | 78% |
| St Aloysius Catholic Primary School | A− | 31% | 75% |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | A− | 22% | 74% |
| St Margaret Mary's Catholic Junior School | A− | 37% | 74% |
| Evelyn Community Primary School | A− | 20% | 71% |
| Cronton Church of England Primary Academy | A− | 6% | 71% |
| Whiston Willis Primary Academy | A− | 34% | 71% |
| Roby Park Primary School | B+ | 40% | 69% |
| St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community | B+ | 40% | 69% |
| Halsnead Primary School | B | 42% | 67% |
| Prescot Primary School | B | 27% | 67% |
| St Luke's Catholic Primary School | B | 31% | 65% |
| Park View Academy | B− | 62% | 64% |
| Huyton With Roby Church of England Primary School | B− | 36% | 64% |
| Kirkby CofE Primary School | B− | 27% | 63% |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery | B− | 10% | 63% |
| Hope Primary School - A Joint Catholic and Church of England Primary School | B− | 61% | 63% |
| Our Lady's Catholic Primary School | B− | 15% | 62% |
| St Brigid's Catholic Primary School | B− | 51% | 61% |
| Knowsley Lane Primary School | B− | 47% | 61% |
| Sylvester Primary Academy | C+ | 42% | 60% |
| St John Fisher Catholic Primary School | C+ | 18% | 59% |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | C+ | 16% | 59% |
| Willow Tree Primary School | C+ | 63% | 59% |
| St Gabriel's CofE Primary School | C+ | 50% | 59% |
| St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School | C+ | 52% | 58% |
| St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Primary School | C+ | 17% | 58% |
| St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School | C+ | 35% | 58% |
| Eastcroft Park School | C | 55% | 57% |
| St Laurence's Catholic Primary School | C | 36% | 57% |
| Plantation Primary School | C | 29% | 57% |
| St Albert's Catholic Primary School | C | 55% | 56% |
| Millbrook Community Primary School | C | 37% | 54% |
| St Mark's Catholic Primary School | C− | 39% | 53% |
| Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) | C− | 65% | 52% |
| Knowsley Village School | C− | 38% | 51% |
| Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School | C− | 38% | 50% |
| Westvale Primary School | C− | 60% | 48% |
| St Columba's Catholic Primary School | C− | 54% | 48% |
| Park Brow Community Primary School | D | 51% | 47% |
| St Marie's Catholic Primary School | D | 72% | 46% |
| Stockbridge Village Primary School | D | 54% | 44% |
| Yew Tree Primary Academy | D | 47% | 44% |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School | D | 38% | 43% |
| St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School | D | 30% | 42% |
| Ravenscroft Community Primary School | D− | 50% | 34% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025391 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
Whiston Willis Primary Academy’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: Outstanding, January 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving), October 2022.
Living near Whiston Willis Primary Academy
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in L35 2, the school’s postcode sector
Prescot property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in L35 2 sell for well under Prescot’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
16 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Prescot, L35 2XY
Whiston Willis Primary Academy: common questions
Is Whiston Willis Primary Academy a good school?
By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 75% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A−), with 71% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Outstanding, January 2024.
How hard is it to get into Whiston Willis Primary Academy?
For September 2026, 54 families put Whiston Willis Primary Academy first and 51 of them were offered a place; 59 places were offered in all.
What is Whiston Willis Primary Academy’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (January 2024).
How much do houses cost near Whiston Willis Primary Academy?
Homes in its postcode sector, L35 2, sold for a median £160,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (54 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.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Prescot’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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