Northwood Primary School
About the school
Northwood Primary School is an open primary school in Darlington.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 6 March 2024
- Published
- 24 April 2024
- Inspection type
- Ungraded inspection
- Latest outcome
- School remains Good
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 56%
- Darlington
- 62%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 2%
- Darlington
- 7%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 58%
- Darlington
- 72%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 73%
- Darlington
- 73%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 71%
- Darlington
- 74%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 71%
- Darlington
- 72%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 18%
- Darlington
- 29%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 78%
- Darlington
- 80%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 103
- Darlington
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 104
- Darlington
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 104
- Darlington
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
422
Girls
53.32%
Boys
46.68%
SEN support
13.03%
Education, health and care plan
3.08%
English as an additional language
19.90%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
45.03%
Overall absence
7.37
Persistent absence
22.59