Northwick Park Primary and Nursery Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Canvey Island, Essex·SS8 9SU
Composite score
56.9
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#4,875
National rank
#496
In East of England
#140
In Essex
Top 33%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
75%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
51 first choices, 53 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
86
any preference, for 53 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020230.9820240.9920250.962026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Northwick Park Primary and Nursery Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
665
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
39.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,234
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Northwick Park Primary and Nursery Academy is a primary school serving Canvey Island, Essex, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 665 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. 75% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 7.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 33% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Northwick Park Primary and Nursery Academy their first choice was offered one of its 53 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 19.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 40% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Northwick Park Primary and Nursery Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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