North Crescent Primary School | School performance

68%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

194

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

24%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

68%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

194

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

24%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

68%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

194

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

24%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 17/04/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityEssex

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio25.3:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of North Crescent Primary School · Primary · Essex

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2017/18

RWM expected standard

68%

-4pp

72%59%45%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 68%

RWM higher standard

+3pp

9%5%0%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 9%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

73%

Reading higher standard

Writing expected standard

86%

Writing higher standard

18%

Maths expected standard

77%

Maths higher standard

18%

Science expected standard

86%

SPAG expected standard

82%

SPAG higher standard

14%

Reading scaled score

104.0

Maths scaled score

103.0

GPS scaled score

103.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

194

Pupil : teacher ratio

25.3

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

37%

SEN

20%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

24%

Contact

Address

North Crescent, Wickford, SS12 9AP

Local authority

Essex

Website

www.northcrescent.org

Telephone

01268765905

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	68%	9%	73%	9%	86%	18%	77%	18%	86%	82%	104.0	103.0	103.0	—	—	—	20%	194
2023/24	72%	6%	78%	44%	72%	22%	83%	17%	78%	72%	105.0	102.0	103.0	—	—	—	21%	159
2022/23	63%	0%	74%	32%	74%	5%	63%	16%	79%	74%	106.0	105.0	105.0	+0.00	+0.50	-0.50	18%	180
2018/19	45%	0%	58%	6%	58%	0%	58%	16%	61%	65%	100.0	102.0	102.0	-4.20	-4.10	-3.40	19%	194
2017/18	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	194	17.5	20%	9%	37%	8%	24%
2023/24	159	18.3	21%	9%	34%	11%	37%
2022/23	180	23.4	18%	11%	37%	12%	39%
2021/22	175	21.7	10%	11%	43%	11%	39%
2020/21	188	19.6	16%	11%	44%	—	—
2018/19	194	25.2	19%	12%	39%	6%	16%
2017/18	—	—	—	—	—	5%	12%