Academy converter · Bexley

Northwood Primary School

4–11Ages
144Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144540URN

Northwood Place, Erith, DA18 4HN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodOct 2011

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jul 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.4per place

close to Bexley median (2.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bexley

39 applications for 16 places · 33rd of 52 in Bexley

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

54%met the expected standard

Bexley 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodOct 2011

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jul 2025

Inspection history

9 July 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
6 October 2011
Graded inspection: Good · as Northwood Primary School, URN 101441

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About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.4applications per place, Reception

close to Bexley median (2.6) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

39 applications · 16 places offered · 15 named it first

2026 2.4; Bexley median median 2.6
2025 3.8; Bexley median median 2.5
2024 3.7; Bexley median median 2.6
2023 3.9; Bexley median median 2.6
2022 3.6; Bexley median median 2.7
2021 3.0; Bexley median median 2.7
2020 2.5; Bexley median median 2.8
2019 3.3; Bexley median median 2.8
2018 2.2; Bexley median median 2.8
2017 2.8; Bexley median median 2.9
2016 2.5; Bexley median median 2.8; as the previous school
2015 2.7; Bexley median median 3.0; as the previous school
2014 4.0; Bexley median median 2.7; as the previous school

This school
Bexley median

Dashed bars: as Northwood Primary School (URN 101441), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	16	39	2.4	15	0.94
Sep 2025	12	45	3.8	12	1.00
Sep 2024	13	48	3.7	12	0.92
Sep 2023	15	58	3.9	14	0.93
Sep 2022	14	50	3.6	13	0.93
Sep 2021	16	48	3.0	16	1.00
Sep 2020	21	53	2.5	20	0.95
Sep 2019	18	59	3.3	17	0.94
Sep 2018	30	66	2.2	26	0.87
Sep 2017	26	72	2.8	24	0.92
Sep 2016 *	28	70	2.5	16	0.57
Sep 2015 *	29	78	2.7	23	0.79
Sep 2014 *	20	79	4.0	15	0.75

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 65% · Writing 77% · Maths 73% → all three 54% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard54%48th of 54 in Bexley

Bexley 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard65%

Bexley 78% England 78%

Higher standard31%

Bexley 36% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard77%

Bexley 78% England 75%

Greater depth4%

Bexley 18% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard73%

Bexley 77% England 77%

Higher standard8%

Bexley 32% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Bexley median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	54%	4%	104	102
2023/24	50%	10%	103	103
2022/23	57%	3%	103	102

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Northwood Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

2.4applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
Parkway Primary School
0.3 km · Bexley

Remains Good2024

3.2applications per place 24%met the SATs standard
St Augustine of Canterbury CofE Primary School
0.4 km · Bexley

Standards maintained2024

2.7applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
0.5 km · Bexley

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.8applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
Willow Bank Primary School
1.1 km · Bexley

2026

3.2applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
Lessness Heath Primary School
1.3 km · Bexley

Remains Good2023

1.9applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Belvedere Junior School
1.3 km · Bexley

Standards maintained2024

71%met the SATs standard
Belvedere Infant School
1.4 km · Bexley

Remains Good2023

2.3applications per place
Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School
1.5 km · Bexley

2026

2.4applications per place

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 144540 · 303/2065
Trust: Trinitas Academy Trust
Capacity: 240 pupils · 144 on roll
Free school meals: 38.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 July 2017
Replaced: Northwood Primary School (URN 101441)
Address: Northwood Place, Erith, DA18 4HN
Local authority: Bexley

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources