Chestnut Park Primary School
0.2 miles608 pupils · KS2 expected standard 44% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
State-funded · Primary · Croydon
Elmwood Junior School
Community school · Ages 7 to 11 · Mixed · 464 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Community school (state-funded)
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 464 census January 2026
- Capacity
- 480
- Headteacher
- Mr Chris Marston
- Address
- Lodge Road, Croydon, CR0 2PL
- Borough
- Croydon
- Telephone
- 02086844007
- DfE reference (URN)
- 101720
- Website
- elmwood-jun.croydon.sch.uk
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Admissions
You apply through the council where you live, not to the school, naming up to six schools in order on one form. Every applicant on time hears on the same national offer day.
Croydon: Reception offers, September 2026 entry
Across the borough, 89.6% of applicants were offered their first preference and 99.2% were offered one of their preferences (4,082 applications). These are borough-wide figures, not a forecast for any school or child.
Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2026 · entry years 2014/15 to 2026/27 (release published 2026-06-18) · last checked 9 October 2026
Inspection
Ofsted ungraded inspection, 22 March 2023: School remains Good
An ungraded inspection confirms or questions the previous grade; it does not set a new one.
Last overall grade: Good, given on 4 July 2013
Historic. This is the last time Ofsted gave the school a single overall grade. Overall grades were abolished for state schools in September 2024.
Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Results
Key stage 2 (end of primary), 2024/25
- % meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths2022/23: 52% · 2023/24: 65%66%This school68%Croydon62%England, state-funded
- % achieving the higher standard in reading, writing and maths2022/23: 5% · 2023/24: 4%7%This school10%Croydon8%England, state-funded
- Average scaled score in reading2022/23: 103 · 2023/24: 105106This school106Croydon106England, state-funded
- Average scaled score in maths2022/23: 103 · 2023/24: 105105This school106Croydon105England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 115 pupils in the cohort
Pupils and context
- Eligible for free school meals
- 40.7% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 66.8%
- Receiving SEN support
- 13.4%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 3.4%
- Girls / boys
- 49% / 51%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Attendance and staffing
- Overall absence
- 5.1% 2024/25
- Persistently absent (missed 10% or more)
- 12.7%
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7 2025/26
Source: Department for Education, Absence rates by school level · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026
Places
- Places
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 467
Source: Department for Education, Capacity - school / Sixth form capacity - school · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · position at 1 May, 2024/25
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
Ecclesbourne Primary School
0.4 miles417 pupils · KS2 expected standard 75% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Harris Primary Academy Croydon
0.6 miles414 pupils · KS2 expected standard 79% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
St. Mary's Catholic Junior School
0.6 miles216 pupils · KS2 expected standard 77% (2024/25)
Al-Khair School Preparatory School
0.6 miles241 pupils
Broadmead Primary School
0.6 miles394 pupils · KS2 expected standard 63% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Compare with similar schools
Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.