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Cypress Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Cypress Road, London SE25 4AU · pegasusacademytrust.org · 020 8653 2618
On the mapSearch near SE25 4AU
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 57%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Croydon 68%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.36 mi
- 0.58 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Croydon Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 681
- 41 over 640 places · 106%
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 17.4%
- First language not English
- 18.6%
- 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 0.36 mi (576 m) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.43 mi (689 m). Source: Croydon Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 108 families put the school first and 90 places were offered; 78% 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 | 90 | 108 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 109 | 1.2▲ | 76% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 88 | 121 | 1.4▲ | 65% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 110 | 1.2▲ | 74% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 81 | 0.9 | 90% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.36 mi0.58 km | |
| September 2022 | 0.54 mi0.87 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.43 mi0.69 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.40 mi0.65 km | |
The furthest distance at which the school offered a place for the 2024, 2025 and 2026 intake.
The distance criterion's furthest distance (direct line measurement) for the 2022 intake.
Results
In 2024/25, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% 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 | |||
| ▼57% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 101715)
Ofsted
Cypress Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 30 October 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Dec 2024 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 17 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 101715), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2016Requires improvement
Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101715)
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (152 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 152
- 22% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied
based on 24 parents (16%) with SEND