Elmwood Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Croydon
Elmwood Infant School is a primary school in Croydon for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 17 July 2024. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Lodge Road, Lodge Road, Croydon, CR0 2PL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 357 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 17 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and proud members of the Elmwood community.”
- “Each pupil’s uniqueness is valued.”
- “Diversity is celebrated throughout the school.”
To improve
- “However, across the curriculum, the school’s intent and expectations for subjects are, in a few instances, not fully realised.”
- “For example, on occasions, the activities that pupils complete are not as sharply linked to the intended learning as they could be.”
- “In addition, checks of what pupils know and can remember are, at times, not ensuring that errors and misconceptions in learning are consistently identified and addressed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 84 first-preference applications, 94 offers in total, 84 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2023 to 2026, as Croydon published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Croydon.
- Elmwood Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
- Chestnut Park Primary School 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ecclesbourne Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Harris Primary Academy Croydon 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St. Mary's Catholic Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Broadmead Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The Crescent Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published