Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Lowestoft, NR32 4HN
- Distance
- 0.2km away
St Margaret's Primary Academy
Church Road, Lowestoft, NR32 4JF
Local ranking118th of 238 primary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 21 April 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- 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)
- 51.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 11.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 56.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 56.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 100.0
- Cohort Size
- 54
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 389
- Boys
- 173 (48%)
- Girls
- 191 (52%)
- Capacity
- 420 (87% full)
- SEND
- 20.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 51.5%
- EAL
- 10.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 18.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,874/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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: 85.0%
- White Other: 3.4%
- Mixed Other: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Black African: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.0%
- Asian Indian: 0.8%
85.0%
White British
3.4%
White Other
3.4%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Church Road
Lowestoft, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 141984
- UKPRN
- 10049500
- Establishment No.
- 2057
- Trust
- REACH2 ACADEMY TRUST
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