Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) is a primary school located in Kirkby. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 15/07/2015. According to tests results, the school's progress in maths is well above average, progress in reading is above average, progress in writing is below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.4%, which is 2.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Roughwood Drive, Kirkby, L33 8XD
Website: www.northwoodcommunityprimaryschool.co.uk/
Telephone: 01514778630
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Knowsley
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Sarah Murphy
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 135807

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 15/07/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 572
Number of Pupils: 504
Number of Boys: 283
Number of Girls: 221

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 22.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Below Average: 2.8 Confidence interval 1.1 to 4.4
Writing
Below Average: -1.8 Confidence interval -3.3 to -0.3
Maths
Well Above Average: 3.1 Confidence interval 1.7 to 4.5

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:54%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:103
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision)
Roughwood Drive , Northwood L33 8XD 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Marie's Catholic Primary School
Bigdale Drive , Northwood L33 6XL 		3out of 4 569 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Kirkby CofE Primary School
Hall Lane , Kirkby L32 1TZ 		3out of 4 624 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St Laurence's Catholic Primary School
Leeside Avenue , Southdene L32 9QX 		3out of 4 908 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Millbrook Community Primary School
Kirkby Row , Westvale L32 0TG 		3out of 4 1,108 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
All Saints Catholic High School
Roughwood Drive , Kirkby L33 8XF 		2out of 4 204 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Kirkby High School
Bracknell Avenue , Kirkby L32 9PP 		2out of 4 1,564 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
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The Bracknell Centre , L32 9PW 		- not rated 1,534 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Bluebell Park School
Cawthorne Walk , Southdene L32 3XP 		3out of 4 1,750 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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