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Howard Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Dering Place, Croydon CR0 1DT · howard.croydon.sch.uk · 020 8688 4216
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jul 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Croydon 68%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 2.16 mi
- 3.48 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Croydon Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 387
- 92% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 34.9%
- First language not English
- 53.2%
- 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 2.16 mi (3.48 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 6.52 mi (10.49 km). Source: Croydon Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 28 families put the school first and 34 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 | 34 | 28 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 40 | 29 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 48 | 31 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 40 | 32 | 0.8 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 40 | 30 | 0.8 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.16 mi3.48 km | |
| September 2025 | 6.52 mi10.49 km | |
| September 2024 | No distance given | |
| September 2022 | All | |
The furthest distance at which the school offered a place for the 2025 and 2026 intake.
The council lists the school as having vacancies on 19 April 2022: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Croydon it was 68%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲71% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Howard Primary School on 7 July 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 7 Jul 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, May 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Jun 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (34 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 34
- 8% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 56% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (29%) with SEND