Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision), Kirkby

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Northwood Community Primary School. Northwood Community Primary School is a unique 21st century learning environment where all pupils are able to thrive and achieve their full potential in the heart of the community. We are a two-form mainstream provision with a 104 place Nursery."

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am, from £1 per day.

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils at Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) reached the expected standard in reading and 63% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Knowsley and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 70% in reading and 70% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 50 families put Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) as their first choice and 86 named it as one of their preferences, for 55 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) are St Marie's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 77% reading, 65% maths); Kirkby CofE Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 69% reading, 74% maths); St Laurence's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 63% reading, 79% maths); and Millbrook Community Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 63% reading, 68% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision).

15 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) (as of September 2025): 60% would recommend the school, 87% say their child is happy there and 43% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (87%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (43%).

65% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 10.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 116 pupils (24.6%) received SEN support and 55 (11.7%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, moderate learning difficulties and severe learning difficulties: 28 places, 28 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Headbolt Lane Rail Station, about 820 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Briery Hey Avenue (opposite), 40 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) issued 30 suspensions, 6.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) are All Saints Catholic High School (0.1 miles) and Kirkby High School (0.9 miles).