The Willows
The Willows is an independent special school in Rishton for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 23 pupils and room for 40.
Willow Grange, Henry Street, Rishton, BB1 4JJ01254 360807thewillowsschool.comHeadteacher Rebecca Warhurst headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Lancashire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 23 | 1 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rishton Methodist Primary School | Methodist | 130 m | 143 | Not inspected | 43 | Compare |
| St Charles' Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Academy | 400 m | 161 | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
| Rishton St Peter and St Paul's Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 610 m | 188 | Good 2023 | 44 | Compare |
| The Hyndburn Academy | Academy | 640 m | 641 | Report card 2026 | 18 | Compare |
| Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 1.0 miles | 158 | Good 2023 | 23 | Compare |
| Clayton-le-Moors All Saints' Church of England Primary School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 267 | Good 2019 | 79 | Compare |
| Great Harwood Primary School | Council | 1.1 miles | 210 | Good 2023 | 29 | Compare |
| St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood | Roman Catholic | 1.1 miles | 135 | Good 2023 | 14 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Willows a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Willows yet.
How many pupils does The Willows have?
23 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 40 places, so it is 58% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Willow Grange, Henry Street, Rishton, BB1 4JJ
- Telephone
- 01254 360807
- Website
- www.thewillowsschool.com
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Rebecca Warhurst
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward
- Rishton
- Constituency
- Hyndburn
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 12 July 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150634 · LAESTAB 8886135
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.