Ofsted inspection · 06/03/2024
Overview of Northwood Primary School · Primary · Darlington
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
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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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 | 56% | 2% | 58% | 22% | 73% | 11% | 71% | 16% | 78% | 71% | 103.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 | — | — | — | 16% | 422 |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 5% | 65% | 16% | 74% | 12% | 65% | 19% | 84% | 70% | 103.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 | — | — | — | 14% | 408 |
| 2022/23 | 63% | 10% | 78% | 24% | 71% | 29% | 76% | 22% | 84% | 73% | 105.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 | +1.10 | +2.50 | +1.80 | 16% | 394 |
| 2018/19 | 81% | 14% | 88% | 30% | 86% | 30% | 93% | 51% | 86% | 93% | 107.0 | 109.0 | 110.0 | +2.10 | +1.80 | +4.20 | 14% | 378 |
| 2017/18 | 88% | 17% | 90% | 27% | 90% | 27% | 96% | 40% | 92% | 88% | 106.0 | 109.0 | 110.0 | +0.80 | +1.40 | +3.80 | — | 387 |
| 2016/17 | 67% | 4% | 78% | 8% | 73% | 4% | 90% | 29% | 82% | 94% | 103.0 | 106.0 | 109.0 | +0.30 | -0.30 | +3.30 | 15% | 383 |
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.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 422 | 22.6 | 16% | 20% | 45% | 7% | 23% |
| 2023/24 | 408 | 18.9 | 14% | 16% | 43% | 8% | 28% |
| 2022/23 | 394 | 18.1 | 16% | 11% | 47% | 9% | 34% |
| 2021/22 | 385 | 19.2 | 13% | 8% | 48% | 10% | 33% |
| 2020/21 | 356 | 19.1 | 14% | 9% | 51% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 378 | 23.8 | 14% | 8% | 54% | 7% | 19% |
| 2017/18 | — | 17.4 | — | — | — | 8% | 24% |
| 2016/17 | 383 | 19.8 | 15% | 7% | 52% | 6% | 19% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.