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Kenley Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
New Barn Lane, Whyteleafe CR3 0EX · kenleyprimary.org.uk · 020 8660 7501
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 82%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Croydon 68%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 5.58 mi
- 8.98 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Croydon Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 143
- 68% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 25.2%
- First language not English
- 14%
- 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 5.58 mi (8.98 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 1.68 mi (2.71 km). Source: Croydon Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 10 families put the school first and 11 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 | 11 | 10 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 24 | 11 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 21 | 0.7 | 86% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 5.58 mi8.98 km | |
| September 2022 | 0.85 mi1.36 km | |
| September 2025 | 1.68 mi2.71 km | |
| September 2024 | 1.35 mi2.17 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, 82% 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 | |||
| ▲82% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 101753)
Ofsted
Kenley Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 6 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 6 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 101753), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101753)
Nov 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101753)
Oct 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101753)
What parents said
43% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (37 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 43%
- Replies
- 37
- 20% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 54% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (32%) with SEND