Purley Oaks Primary School is a primary school located in South Croydon. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 12/12/2014. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is above average, progress in reading and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.7%, which is 0.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Bynes Road, South Croydon

School Information

Address: Bynes Road, South Croydon, CR2 0PR
Website: http://www.purleyoaks.croydon.sch.uk/
Telephone: 02086884268
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Croydon
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Richard Griffin
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 101733

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 12/12/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 660
Number of Pupils: 648
Number of Boys: 353
Number of Girls: 295

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 13.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Above Average: -0.8 Confidence interval -2.2 to 0.6
Writing
Above Average: 1.6 Confidence interval 0.3 to 2.8
Maths
Average: -0.3 Confidence interval -1.5 to 0.9

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:57%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:11%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:103
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Purley Nursery School
58 Pampisford Road , CR8 2NE
4out of 4 1,950 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Tunstall Nursery School
Tunstall Road , CR0 6TY
4out of 4 3,234 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Purley Oaks Primary School
Bynes Road , CR2 0PR
3out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Harris Primary Academy Haling Park
50-58 Haling Road , CR2 6HS
4out of 4 702 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
St Peter's Primary School
Normanton Road , CR2 7AR
3out of 4 719 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Regina Coeli Catholic Primary School
173 Pampisford Road , CR2 6DF
3out of 4 854 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Ridgeway Primary School
Southcote Road , CR2 0EQ
3out of 4 1,250 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Harris Academy Purley
Kendra Hall Road , CR2 6DT
4out of 4 925 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Coombe Wood School
30 Melville Avenue , CR2 7HY
- not rated 1,989 yd Free schools Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Thomas More Catholic School
Russell Hill Road , CR8 2XP
3out of 4 2,133 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School
Selborne Road , CR0 5JQ
3out of 4 2,256 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Wilson's School
Mollison Drive , SM6 9JW
4out of 4 2,523 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Boys More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Croydon College
Fairfield Campus , College Road CR9 1DX
- not rated 2,487 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Giles School
Pampisford Road , CR2 6DF
3out of 4 832 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Whitgift School
Whitgift School , Haling Park CR2 6YT
- not rated 912 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School
Cumnor House School
168 Pampisford Road , CR2 6DA
- not rated 1,082 yd Other independent school Yes Boys More About School
Elmhurst School for Boys
44-48 South Park Hill Road , South Croydon CR2 7DW
- not rated 1,200 yd Other independent school Yes Boys More About School
Serenity School
88 - 90 South End , CR0 1DQ
- not rated 1,402 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Boys More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.