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Northwood Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 144 pupils Erith
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Northwood Primary School is an academy converter in Bexley for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 144 pupils on roll. In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Northwood Place
Erith
Kent
DA18 4HN
Phone 02083102722
Reference Number 144540

General Makeup

Number of pupils 144
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 45.83%
Girls: 54.17%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 38.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 39.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 20.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 16
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 24

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 6 13 19
2 9 10 19
3 11 10 21
4 9 11 20
5 15 12 27
6 12 16 28

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 40.3%
White, British 27.8%
White, Other 16%
Mixed, Other 3.5%
Chinese 2.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.1%
Indian 2.1%
Asian, Other 2.1%
White & Black (African) 1.4%
White & Asian 0.7%
Caribbean 0.7%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 08 Jul 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
08 Jul 2025 School inspection
10 Dec 2019 School inspection
06 Jul 2017 Academy conversion letter
11 Oct 2016 Short inspection
Previously as Northwood Primary School
06 Oct 2011 Full inspection:
26 Nov 2009 Monitoring visit
24 Nov 2008 Full inspection:
18 Oct 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 54%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 4%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104
Maths 102

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.2
Writing -0.1
Maths -0.6

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 9 0
Third Preference 6 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Northwood Primary School had 165 pupils for 240 places. 75 places (31.2%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Thamesmead and Belvedere Primary” planning area

Bexley counted 457 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 427 in 2029–30, down 7%.

2018201920212022202320242025
Places 270270270270270270240
Pupils 226215183185197182165
Unfilled 16.3%20.4%32.2%31.5%27.0%32.6%31.2%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Northwood Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.3%2.4%2.9%3.9%3.7%3.8%3.7%
Unauthorised absence 0.5%0.6%0.5%0.8%1.8%0.9%1.2%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%1.2%1.7%2.2%2.2%0.6%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.3% of pupils at Northwood Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.03.70.01.62.72.816.15.2
Permanent exclusions 00000000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Northwood Primary School had 16.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 24.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.811.09.410.811.410.410.210.38.5
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%0.0%10.4%0.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%24.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 20.0%20.0%–37.5%25.0%50.0%62.5%44.4%–
Sick days per teacher 0.81.2–1.60.41.00.90.9–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.8% of pupils at Northwood Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 8 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 4
No specialist assessment of need 5 0
Hearing impairment 3 1
Moderate learning difficulty 0 1
Social, emotional and mental health 0 1

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Northwood Primary School received £9,193 and spent £8,151 for each of its 172 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £521,000 (£3,027 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Trinitas Academy Trust, income was £9,362 and spending £9,200 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £418,000£369,000£379,000£402,000£390,000£341,000£521,000
per pupil £1,907£1,912£2,020£2,157£2,192£1,892£3,027
In-year balance £2,000-£47,000-£32,000£83,000£2,000-£44,000£179,000
per pupil £7-£241-£171£445£13-£245£1,042

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Parkway Primary School
Alsike Road, Erith, Kent, DA18 4DP
0.18 miles
St Augustine of Canterbury CofE Primary School
St Augustine's Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 5HP
0.28 miles
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
Kale Road, Thamesmead, Erith, Kent, DA18 4BA
0.32 miles
Willow Bank Primary School
Seacourt Road, Thamesmead, London, SE2 9XB
0.66 miles
Lessness Heath Primary School
Erith Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6HB
0.78 miles
Belvedere Junior School
Mitchell Close, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6AA
0.82 miles
Belvedere Infant School
Mitchell Close, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6AA
0.88 miles
Boxgrove Primary School
Boxgrove Road, Abbey Wood, Greenwich, SE2 9JP
0.91 miles
Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School
Bedonwell Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 5PF
0.91 miles
Bedonwell Junior School
Bedonwell Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 5PF
0.91 miles
Jubilee Primary School
Crowden Way, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8JB
1.16 miles
Abbey Wood Nursery School
Dahlia Road, London, SE2 0SX
1.18 miles
De Lucy Primary School
Cookhill Road, Abbey Wood, London, SE2 9PD
1.19 miles
Alexander McLeod Primary School
Fuchsia Street, London, SE2 0QS
1.19 miles
Windrush Thamesmead Primary School
2 Bentham Road, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8AR
1.22 miles
St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School
Cole Close, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8GB
1.24 miles
Lime Wood Primary School
2 Sandy Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 1FJ
1.31 miles
Belmont Academy
Belmont Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 1LE
1.38 miles
Hawksmoor School
Bentham Road, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8AS
1.38 miles
Bishop John Robinson Church of England Primary School
Hoveton Road, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8LW
1.39 miles
Name Distance
Harris Garrard Academy
Yarnton Way, Thamesmead, Erith, Kent, DA18 4DW
0.31 miles
Cornerstone School
Halt Robin Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6DW
0.78 miles
Brighter Futures Specialist College Ltd
Harrow Manorway, London, SE2 9FL
0.8 miles
Break Through School
121 Nuxley Road, Belvedere, DA17 5JX
0.88 miles
Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere
Erith Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6HT
1.07 miles
Pulse and Water College
138 Eynsham Drive, Abbey Wood, London, Greenwich, SE2 9PT
1.15 miles
St Paul's Academy
Finchale Road, Abbey Wood, London, SE2 9PX
1.4 miles
Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls
1 Birchdene Drive, Thamesmead, SE28 8RF
1.48 miles
Woolwich Polytechnic School
Hutchins Road, Thamesmead, London, SE28 8AT
1.5 miles
Leigh Academy Bexley
Avenue Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 3BN
1.73 miles
Thrive Independent School
240-242 Plumstead High Street, Plumstead, LONDON, SE18 1JL
1.81 miles
The Anchor Sendfriendly Centre
3 North Road, Block E, Plumstead, London, SE18 1BS
1.89 miles
Welling School
Elsa Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 1LB
1.98 miles
Woodside Academy
Colyers Lane, Erith, Kent, DA8 3PB
2.08 miles
Riverside Bridge School
Renwick Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 0FU
2.2 miles
Riverside School
Renwick Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 0FU
2.21 miles
Park View Academy
146-148 Parkview Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 1SR
2.35 miles
ADO River Valley School
Poets Corner Centre, 19a Keats Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 3NB
2.4 miles
Plumstead Manor School
Old Mill Road, London, SE18 1QF
2.41 miles
Lift Bexleyheath
Woolwich Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7DA
2.41 miles

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Northwood Primary School is part of Trinitas Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Northwood Primary School have?

Northwood Primary School has 144 pupils on roll.

What age range does Northwood Primary School cover?

Northwood Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Northwood Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Northwood Primary School?

Northwood Primary School is at Northwood Place, Erith, Kent, DA18 4HN.

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