Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Croydon
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 9 June 2026Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
- 15 September 2021Graded inspection: 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 entry104 applications · 49 places offered · 48 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Croydon median median 3.0
- 2025 2.5; Croydon median median 3.1
- 2024 2.3; Croydon median median 3.1
- 2023 2.5; Croydon median median 3.0
- 2022 2.2; Croydon median median 3.1
- 2021 2.4; Croydon median median 2.9
- 2020 2.6; Croydon median median 3.1
- 2019 2.1; Croydon median median 3.1
- 2018 2.6; Croydon median median 3.4
- 2017 2.3; Croydon median median 3.4
- 2016 2.5; Croydon median median 3.3
- 2015 2.1; Croydon median median 3.4
- 2014 2.3; 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 | 49 | 104 | 2.1 | 48 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 40 | 99 | 2.5 | 40 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 49 | 111 | 2.3 | 46 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 53 | 131 | 2.5 | 49 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 59 | 132 | 2.2 | 50 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 142 | 2.4 | 65 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 158 | 2.6 | 68 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2019 | 53 | 113 | 2.1 | 44 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2018 | 41 | 106 | 2.6 | 28 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2017 | 37 | 84 | 2.3 | 33 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2016 | 38 | 96 | 2.5 | 34 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 | 36 | 74 | 2.1 | 22 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2014 | 41 | 95 | 2.3 | 37 | 0.90 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 90% · Writing 90% · Maths 93% → all three 88% 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 | 88% | 22% | 108 | 109 |
| 2023/24 | 85% | 13% | 107 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 85% | 15% | 108 | 107 |
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
- Applegarth AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · CroydonGood20244.4applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · CroydonStandards maintained20252.8applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · CroydonImproved significantly20242.0applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · CroydonRemains Good20222.6applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · CroydonRemains Good20223.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · CroydonGood20232.7applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Croydon20262.5applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · CroydonGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 139393 · 306/2016
- Trust
- Step Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 481 pupils · 396 on roll
- Free school meals
- 49.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2013
- Replaced
- Applegarth School (URN 101765); Applegarth Junior School (URN 101766)
- Address
- Bygrove Fieldway, New Addington, Croydon, CR0 9DL
- Local authority
- Croydon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources