Northwood Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C62
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Darlington, DL1 2HF
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Gurney Pease Academy
Dodsworth Street, Darlington, DL1 2NG
Local ranking22nd of 29 primary schools in Darlington
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
274
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 17 February 2026.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 73.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 7.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 30
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 197
- Boys
- 104 (54%)
- Girls
- 87 (46%)
- Capacity
- 274 (70% full)
- SEND
- 24.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 54.6%
- EAL
- 10.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 21.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,717/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 82.2%
- White Other: 5.6%
- Black African: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 1.0%
- Black Other: 1.0%
- White Irish: 0.5%
82.2%
White British
5.6%
White Other
3.0%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Dodsworth Street
Darlington, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 138362
- UKPRN
- 10037788
- Establishment No.
- 2656
- Trust
- THE EDUCATION VILLAGE ACADEMY TRUST
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