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Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision)

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMs Sarah Murphy

location_onKirkby, L33 8XD

language Visit Website phone 1514778630

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2015

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Students

486

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Expected Standard

51%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) is a Community school primary school in Kirkby, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 80% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) is a community school in Kirkby, Knowsley, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 473 pupils on roll, of whom 64% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 51% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 5% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #37 of 48 primaries in Knowsley and #10,005 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2015. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 22.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 1.8 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

51%

LA 57%

Reading62% LA 71%

Writing60% LA 67%

Maths63% LA 70%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

50%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading70% LA 71% · Eng 74%

Writing61% LA 69% · Eng 72%

Maths70% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

56%

LA 58%England 60%

Reading77% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing58% LA 68% · Eng 71%

Maths68% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.8

Read

LA 0.7

1.3 to 4.4

0.4

Write

LA 0.4

-1.1 to 1.9

1.9

Maths

LA 0.3

0.5 to 3.4

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

54%

LA 61%England 65%

Reading72% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing60% LA 73% · Eng 78%

Maths72% LA 76% · Eng 79%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.8

Read

LA 0.7

1.1 to 4.4

-1.8

Write

LA -0.2

-3.3 to -0.3

3.1

Maths

LA 0.4

1.7 to 4.5

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

60%

LA 60%

Reading73% LA 72%

Writing70% LA 72%

Maths81% LA 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.7

Read

LA 0.1

1.2 to 4.2

1.1

Write

LA -0.3

-0.3 to 2.5

4.5

Maths

LA 0.1

3.2 to 5.8

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2015-07-14

S5 Inspection EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2012-04-18

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.9%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.5%(7 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 473 pupils. During this period, there were 9 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.9%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	473	9	1.9%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	468	8	1.7%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	493	6	1.2%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	493	4	0.8%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	479	16	3.3%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	499	12	2.4%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	486	18	3.7%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	473	10	2.1%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	502	12	2.4%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	488	13	2.7%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	479	10	2.1%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	521	5	1.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	504	1	0.2%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	482	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	500	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	500	5	1.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	479	1	0.2%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	520	7	1.3%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	507	2	0.4%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	487	2	0.4%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	514	1	0.2%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	496	6	1.2%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	478	1	0.2%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	473	2	0.4%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	467	3	0.6%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	453	4	0.9%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 89 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 18 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 11 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 9 pupils

Physical Disability 3 pupils

Visual Impairment 2 pupils

Multi-Sensory Impairment 2 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils