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The Crescent Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
The Crescent, Croydon CR0 2HN · thecrescentprimaryschool.co.uk · 020 8684 8283
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 55%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Croydon 68%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 4.01 mi
- 6.45 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Croydon Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 318
- 53% of 600 places
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 39.6%
- First language not English
- 37.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Pioneer Academy
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 4.01 mi (6.45 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 1.57 mi (2.53 km). Source: Croydon Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 25 families put the school first and 31 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 | 31 | 25 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 39 | 31 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 35 | 31 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 43 | 38 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 4.01 mi6.45 km | |
| September 2025 | 1.57 mi2.53 km | |
| September 2024 | 3.20 mi5.14 km | |
| September 2022 | All | |
The furthest distance at which the school offered a place for the 2024, 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, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 1% 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 | |||
| ▼55% | 62% | ||
| ▼1% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
The Crescent Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 16 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 16 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (29 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 29
- 7% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 38% who raised concerns
based on the 14% who had a child bullied