Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision)

State-Funded School

northwood-community-primary-school-with-designated-special-provision-knowsley-north-west

North WestRegion

KnowsleyLocal Authority

KnowsleyConstituency

L33 8XDPostcode

3.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Knowsley, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 471 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 50%
Higher standard: 6%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

471

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

65%

England average

27%

First language not English

10%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 471
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 15 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
9 Sept 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.