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Courtwood Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Courtwood Lane, Addington, Croydon CR0 9HX · courtwood.croydon.sch.uk · 020 8657 8454
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 67%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Croydon 68%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 4.30 mi
- 6.92 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Croydon Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 215
- 96% of 224 places
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 31.2%
- First language not English
- 8.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Collegiate Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 4.30 mi (6.92 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 1.58 mi (2.54 km). Source: Croydon Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 24 families put the school first and 26 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 | 26 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 27 | 0.9 | 81% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 27 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 34 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 4.30 mi6.92 km | |
| September 2022 | 0.36 mi0.58 km | |
| September 2025 | 1.58 mi2.54 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.85 mi1.37 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, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ▲67% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 101774)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 December 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Courtwood Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 13 Dec 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 101774), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101774)
Feb 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101774)
Jun 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101774)
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (42 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 42
- 20% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 17% who had a child bullied