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Northwick Manor Primary School, Worcester

Outstanding
Primary
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Ages 5–11

Northwick Manor Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 5 to 11 in Worcester, part of The Rivers C of E Multi Academy Trust. It was rated Outstanding at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in July 2022. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 11th-highest of the 39 schools in Worcester with published results, and 4,096th of 14,452 across England. It was 89% full in 2025.

SATs results
Above England average
Ofsted
Outstanding (2022)
Demand
Every first choice offered
Attendance
Better than England average
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Worcestershire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Northwick Manor Primary School in detail

Northwick Manor Primary School in its own words

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care, from £6.00 per session.

Coming up: an open day on Wednesday 11 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

All school open days in Worcestershire

Wraparound care (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 86% of Year 6 pupils at Northwick Manor Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 81% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Worcestershire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (89% in reading, 79% in maths).

Getting a place at Northwick Manor Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 85 families put Northwick Manor Primary School as their first choice and 163 named it as one of their preferences, for 87 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Admissions history and your chances at Northwick Manor Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Northwick Manor Primary School are Tudor Grange Primary Academy Perdiswell (0.5 miles, 78% reading, 73% maths); North Worcester Primary School (0.6 miles, Good); St George's CofE Primary School Worcester (0.6 miles, Good, 73% reading, 60% maths); and St George's Catholic Primary School (0.8 miles, 90% reading, 97% maths).

Northwick Manor Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Tudor Grange Primary Academy PerdiswellNorth Worcester Primary SchoolSt George's CofE Primary School WorcesterSt George's Catholic Primary School

The trust

Northwick Manor Primary School is one of 15 schools run by The Rivers C of E Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

All 15 schools in The Rivers C of E Multi Academy Trust

What parents say

141 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Northwick Manor Primary School (as of April 2026): 96% would recommend the school, 97% say their child is happy there and 88% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (97%); the weakest, that they are kept well informed about progress (60%).

Who goes there

8.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (83%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 63 pupils (11%) received SEN support and 15 (2.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Worcester Foregate Street Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Vine Inn (adjacent), 180 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Northwick Manor Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 136 crimes within a mile of the school, most often shoplifting, violence and sexual offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Worcestershire (78), as is usual near a town centre.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Northwick Manor Primary School issued 12 suspensions, 2.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Northwick Manor Primary School are Bishop Perowne CofE College (0.8 miles) and Tudor Grange Academy Worcester (1 mile).

Bishop Perowne CofE CollegeTudor Grange Academy Worcester

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Miss Kamaldeep Nijjar
Pupils:573
LA:Worcestershire
Phone:01905454430
Address:Northwick Road, Worcester, WR3 7EA
Trust:THE RIVERS C OF E MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (15 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 September 2016

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 4 years ago
Outstanding

Overall

Outstanding

Quality of Education

Outstanding

Behaviour & Attitudes

Outstanding

Personal Development

Outstanding

Leadership & Management

Outstanding

Early Years

Inspected 12 July 2022View full report
URN:143396
UKPRN:10057701
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Worcester
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Outstanding at its July 2022 inspection.

Rated Outstanding for

Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management, Early years.

At a Glance

8.6%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

141 responses
Would recommend96%
Child is happy97%
Feels safe97%
Well behaved94%
Bullying dealt with (of parents with a view)88%
Kept informed60%
Handles concerns (of parents who raised one)96%

Source: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at April 2026 - % who strongly agree or agree

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading-3ppMaths+2ppWriting-1pp

Reading has remained stable at around 86% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 81% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 84% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

27.3

Avg class size

25.9

Infant (KS1)

28.3

KS2

21

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Northwick Manor Primary School.

  • Confi-kids@Northwick ManorAt the school · Not yet graded

Getting There

Bus Stops

The Vine Inn (Adj)
180m · 3 min walk
Co-Op Store (Opp)
343m · 6 min walk
Checketts Lane (Adj)
399m · 6 min walk
Penbury Street (Adj)
443m · 7 min walk
Perdiswell Street (opp)
469m · 8 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
11
Fatal
0
Serious
1
Children hurt
2

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 10 slight.

2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.

1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Worcestershire is 5.5 (the median across 276 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Northwick Manor Primary School

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Your home postcode, set against Northwick Manor Primary School's admissions figures, in one report saved to your account.

What the report includes for Northwick Manor Primary School:

  • The straight-line distance from your home to Northwick Manor Primary School.
  • Worcestershire publishes last distance offered figures, but none for Northwick Manor Primary School that we hold, so the report covers demand, alternatives and dates.
  • Applications, first choices and offers at Northwick Manor Primary School for 2017 to 2026 entry.
  • How many families in Worcestershire got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
  • The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
  • Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

89%

Available places

586 pupils

660 places

74 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Worcester

Low pressure
New homes approved:2,461
Projected new pupils:615

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Worcester

Across Worcestershire council

Low demand council-wide0.81 applications per place

Places available

6,801

Applications

5,492

Got 1st preference

94.0%

Got preferred school

99.0%

All primary applications across Worcestershire council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Every first choice offered

Inspection History(3)

12 July 2022
OutstandingReport
Quality of EducationOutstanding
Behaviour & AttitudesOutstanding
Personal DevelopmentOutstanding
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding
Early YearsOutstanding
25 June 2019
11 September 2014
Good
Leadership & ManagementGood

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

63

SEN Support

15

EHC Plans

13.6%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Moderate Learning Difficulty27
Speech, Language & Communication23
Social, Emotional & Mental Health12
Autistic Spectrum Disorder8
Hearing Impairment4
Specific Learning Difficulty2
Physical Disability2
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
82.5%
Asian
3.0%
Black
1.5%
Mixed
6.9%
Chinese
0.7%
Unclassified
0.3%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals8.6%
English as Additional Language7.0%

573

Total Pupils

298

Boys

275

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

29

Teachers

19.8:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£48,671

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£4,955

Per pupil

£3100k

Total funding

£64k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£75,354
EAL funding£14,151
Lump sum£145,100

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

3.6%

Overall absence

6.1%

Persistent absence

528

Enrolments

Authorised2.9%
Unauthorised0.7%
Persistent (10%+)6.1%
Severe (50%+)0.0%

Absence trend

2.7%
18/19
1.6%
20/21
4.6%
21/22
4.0%
22/23
3.8%
23/24
3.6%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Northwick Manor Primary School

What are SATs results like at Northwick Manor Primary School?

Of the pupils at Northwick Manor Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 86% reached the expected standard in reading and 81% did so in maths.

What is Northwick Manor Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Northwick Manor Primary School was rated Outstanding at its most recent Ofsted inspection in July 2022. At its previous graded inspection in 2014 it was rated Good.

What is the catchment area for Northwick Manor Primary School?

No fixed boundary. When Northwick Manor Primary School is oversubscribed, Worcestershire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Northwick Manor Primary School?

Northwick Manor Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 89% of its 660 places.

How big are the classes at Northwick Manor Primary School?

Classes at Northwick Manor Primary School average 27.3 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Northwick Manor Primary School?

Northwick Manor Primary School has around 573 pupils on roll. 9% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Northwick Manor Primary School?

3.6% of sessions were missed at Northwick Manor Primary School in 2024/25. 6.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Northwick Manor Primary School?

Apply through Worcestershire's coordinated admissions process, naming Northwick Manor Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

Does Northwick Manor Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Confi-kids@Northwick Manor (registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.

How many road collisions happen near Northwick Manor Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 10 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Worcestershire is 5.5 (the median across 276 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Northwick Manor Primary School?

Northwick Manor Primary School is at Northwick Road, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR3 7EA.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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