Rowdown Primary School is a primary school located in Croydon. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 15/06/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing 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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Calley Down Crescent, Croydon

School Information

Address: Calley Down Crescent, Croydon, CR0 0EG
Website: www.rowdown.croydon.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01689843367
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Croydon
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Caroline Johnson
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 140841

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 15/06/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 487
Number of Pupils: 365
Number of Boys: 168
Number of Girls: 197

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
Average: 0.2 Confidence interval -1.8 to 2.2
Writing
Average: 0.4 Confidence interval -1.4 to 2.2
Maths
Average: 0.6 Confidence interval -1.1 to 2.3

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:68%
England Average:65%

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

School:3%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:103
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Rowdown Primary School
Calley Down Crescent , New Addington CR0 0EG 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Tudor Academy
King Henry's Drive , New Addington CR0 0PH 		3out of 4 928 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Fairchildes Primary School
Fairchildes Avenue , New Addington CR0 0AH 		4out of 4 995 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery School
Dunley Drive , New Addington CR0 0RG 		3out of 4 1,675 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Castle Hill Academy
Dunley Drive , New Addington CR0 0RJ 		1out of 4 1,778 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Meridian High School
Fairchildes Avenue , New Addington CR0 0AH 		2out of 4 1,148 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Wickham Court School
Layhams Road , BR4 9HW 		- not rated 2,822 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Red Gates School
Farnborough Avenue , CR2 8HD 		3out of 4 3,090 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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