Broadmead Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Croydon·CR0 2EA
Composite score
55.0
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National rank
#1078
In London
#46
In Croydon
Top 37%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
35 first choices, 43 places
First choices per place
0.81
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
137
any preference, for 43 places
Last place offered lived
1.67 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 2683 m
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
381
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
53.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
45.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
22.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,479
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

About Broadmead Primary School

Broadmead Primary School is a primary school in Croydon, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 381 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 1.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 37% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Broadmead Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 35 families who put it first were offered a place. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 1.67 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 16.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 53% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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