Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Lowestoft, NR32 4HN
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Poplars Community Primary School
St Margaret's Road, Lowestoft, NR32 4HN
Local ranking167th of 238 primary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Primary
Phase
598
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 14 July 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 79.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 9.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 87.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 47
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 277
- Boys
- 140 (54%)
- Girls
- 120 (46%)
- Capacity
- 598 (43% full)
- SEND
- 27.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 52.7%
- EAL
- 5.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 23.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,402/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 4.0% 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: 89.4%
- White Other: 6.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.4%
89.4%
White British
6.2%
White Other
1.8%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
St Margaret's Road
Lowestoft, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 145541
- UKPRN
- 10066980
- Establishment No.
- 2147
- Trust
- EVOLUTION ACADEMY TRUST
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