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Elmwood Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Lodge Road, Lodge Road, Croydon CR0 2PL · elmwoodinfants.co.uk · 020 8689 7681
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2024
- Last distance offered
- 5.53 mi
- 8.90 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Croydon Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 357
- 87% of 412 places
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 30%
- First language not English
- 75.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 5.53 mi (8.90 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 2.92 mi (4.70 km). Source: Croydon Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 84 families put the school first and 94 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 94 | 84 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 91 | 83 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 116 | 96 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 97 | 83 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 106 | 90 | 0.8 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 5.53 mi8.90 km | |
| September 2025 | 2.92 mi4.70 km | |
| September 2024 | 4.42 mi7.12 km | |
The furthest distance at which the school offered a place for the 2024, 2025 and 2026 intake.
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 17 July 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Elmwood Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 16 Jul 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Mar 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (12 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 12
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied