Northwood Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Erith, Bexley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Bexley · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Northwood Primary School is a primary school in Erith, Bexley for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 9 July 2025. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Northwood Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in 1 of the 9 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 15 first-choice applications for 16 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- With 144 pupils on roll in January 2026, the school had 16.6 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bexley is 19.2.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bexley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Northwood Place, Erith, DA18 4HN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 144 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 9 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils really enjoy attending this friendly and welcoming school.”
- “They say that the teachers are kind and caring, and that they are ‘always there for you’.”
- “Relationships between staff and children are warm and positive.”
To improve
- “However, the school recognises that it needs to provide more time in the school day for pupils to learn the full curriculum regularly and in a structured way.”
- “However, in some subjects, the school does not ensure that pupils have sufficient time in lessons to learn what is set out in the curriculum in depth.”
- “This leads to gaps in pupils’ knowledge and understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 54% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 15 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 15 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bexley.
- Parkway Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Augustine of Canterbury CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Willow Bank Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lessness Heath Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Belvedere Junior School 0.8 mi Standards maintained
- Belvedere Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published