Rowdown Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.125 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rowdown Primary School is a primary school in Croydon for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 March 2025. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Rowdown Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.125 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 1.125 miles, the 19th shortest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.44 miles.
- Reception distances have swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 32 first-choice applications for 32 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 53% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Croydon.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Croydon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Calley Down Crescent, New Addington, Croydon, CR0 0EG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 316 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 March 2025
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming school, where staff work closely with families to support pupils’ education.”
- “Pupils appreciate the care they receive from staff.”
- “This helps pupils to settle in quickly and feel comfortable at school, including those who arrive part way through their primary school education.”
To improve
- “However, in some instances when pupils are not encouraged to use this key vocabulary routinely, they struggle to remember it as securely.”
- “However, on occasion checks on pupils’ understanding lack precision and, as a result, misconceptions are not identified and addressed as effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 53% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 32 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 32 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Croydon.
- Tudor Academy 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Fairchildes Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Castle Hill Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Applegarth Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Courtwood Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Forestdale Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Quest Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published