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Northwick Park Primary and Nursery Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Third Avenue, Canvey Island SS8 9SU · northwickpark.essex.sch.uk · 01268 684554
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improving
- Ungraded inspection · May 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 644
- 14 over 630 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 33.8%
- First language not English
- 3.6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Northwick Park Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 51 families put the school first and 53 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 53 | 51 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 74 | 73 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 64 | 63 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 59 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Essex it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 24 May 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Northwick Park Primary and Nursery Academy was: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 23 May 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 131346), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131346)
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (70 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 70
- 11% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (20%) with SEND