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Woodcote Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Dunsfold Rise, Coulsdon CR5 2ED · woodcoteprimary.croydon.sch.uk · 020 8660 9972
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Croydon 68%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 10.19 mi
- 16.41 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Croydon Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 871
- 31 over 840 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16%
- First language not English
- 27%
- 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 10.19 mi (16.41 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 2.99 mi (4.82 km). Source: Croydon Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 90 families put the school first and 110 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 | 110 | 90 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 120 | 98 | 0.8 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 119 | 91 | 0.8 | 95% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 120 | 97 | 0.8 | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 116 | 81 | 0.7 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 10.19 mi16.41 km | |
| September 2025 | 2.99 mi4.82 km | |
| September 2024 | 2.33 mi3.75 km | |
The furthest distance at which the school offered a place for the 2024, 2025 and 2026 intake.
Results
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 22% 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 | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ▲22% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 135525)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Woodcote Primary School on 20 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 20 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Apr 2015
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 135525), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135525)
Before September 2019
Apr 2015Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135525)
Jul 2013Requires 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 135525)
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (242 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 242
- 28% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied
based on 48 parents (20%) with SEND