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Northwood Primary School

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

personMrs Catherine McNulty

corporate_fareTRINITAS ACADEMY TRUST

location_onErith, DA18 4HN

language Visit Website phone 2083102722

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2011

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Students

178

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Expected Standard

54%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Northwood Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Erith, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 74% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Northwood Primary School is an academy converter in Erith, Bexley, admitting pupils aged 4-11. It is part of TRINITAS ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 172 pupils on roll, of whom 45% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 4% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #41 of 55 primaries in Bexley and #8,723 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2011. 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 21.5:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 2.3 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

54%

LA 64%

Reading65% LA 75%

Writing77% LA 73%

Maths73% LA 72%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

50%

LA 64%England 61%

Reading60% LA 76% · Eng 74%

Writing63% LA 73% · Eng 72%

Maths63% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

57%

LA 63%England 60%

Reading70% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Writing67% LA 74% · Eng 71%

Maths57% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.2

Read

LA 0.1

-2.5 to 2.2

-0.1

Write

LA 0.1

-2.4 to 2.1

-0.6

Maths

LA 0.2

-2.8 to 1.6

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

69%

LA 67%England 65%

Reading73% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing82% LA 80% · Eng 78%

Maths80% LA 78% · Eng 79%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.3

Read

LA -0.6

-1.5 to 2.2

0.4

Write

LA -0.2

-1.3 to 2.1

0.5

Maths

LA -0.7

-1.1 to 2.1

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

65%

LA 67%

Reading71% LA 76%

Writing77% LA 80%

Maths77% LA 75%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.9

Read

LA -0.4

-4 to 0.2

-1.7

Write

LA -0.1

-3.7 to 0.3

-0.6

Maths

LA -0.4

-2.5 to 1.3

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2011-10-06

S5 Inspection EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2008-11-24

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

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

1.7%per term

warning Above Average

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.2%(2 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 172 pupils. During this period, there were 3 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.7%, 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)	172	3	1.7%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	173	5	2.9%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	182	5	2.7%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	180	10	5.6%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	181	14	7.7%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	197	1	0.5%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	178	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	173	4	2.3%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	185	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	187	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	186	5	2.7%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	183	3	1.6%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	188	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	184	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	193	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	193	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	189	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	215	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	219	2	0.9%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	220	6	2.7%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	226	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	226	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	232	0	0.0%	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 8 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 8 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 3 pupils

Hearing Impairment 3 pupils

Physical Disability 2 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils