Graded inspection · Jun 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Croydon
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 17 June 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 5 March 2020Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry233 applications · 88 places offered · 71 named it first
- 2026 2.7; Croydon median median 3.0
- 2025 3.0; Croydon median median 3.1
- 2024 3.3; Croydon median median 3.1
- 2023 3.4; Croydon median median 3.0
- 2022 3.1; Croydon median median 3.1
- 2021 3.3; Croydon median median 2.9
- 2020 3.3; Croydon median median 3.1
- 2019 2.8; Croydon median median 3.1
- 2018 3.6; Croydon median median 3.4
- 2017 3.9; Croydon median median 3.4
- 2016 3.5; Croydon median median 3.3
- 2015 3.8; Croydon median median 3.4
- 2014 3.1; Croydon median median 3.5
- This school
- Croydon median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 88 | 233 | 2.7 | 71 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2025 | 88 | 266 | 3.0 | 75 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2024 | 90 | 300 | 3.3 | 88 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 90 | 304 | 3.4 | 65 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2022 | 88 | 274 | 3.1 | 65 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2021 | 74 | 244 | 3.3 | 54 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2020 | 90 | 300 | 3.3 | 78 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2019 | 90 | 252 | 2.8 | 53 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2018 | 90 | 324 | 3.6 | 90 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 90 | 355 | 3.9 | 89 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 | 90 | 312 | 3.5 | 83 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 | 88 | 332 | 3.8 | 69 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2014 | 90 | 278 | 3.1 | 66 | 0.73 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 81% · Writing 72% · Maths 71% → all three 66% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Croydon median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 66% | 4% | 106 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 12% | 103 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 64% | 11% | 104 | 105 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Ark Oval Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · CroydonGood20222.9applications per place
- 0.5 km · CroydonRemains Good202377%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · CroydonOutstanding20233.7applications per place
- 0.8 km · CroydonOutstanding202382%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · CroydonRemains Good20243.3applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · CroydonGood20233.2applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · CroydonRemains Good20232.9applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · CroydonGood20243.8applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 137114 · 306/2013
- Trust
- Ark Schools
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 630 pupils · 593 on roll
- Free school meals
- 34.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Oval Primary School (URN 101731)
- Address
- 98 Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, CR0 6BA
- Local authority
- Croydon
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources