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New rankings show top Croydon primary schools

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Last updated: January 13, 2026 6:40 pm
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New rankings show top Croydon primary schools
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  • Location: Croydon borough primary schools, London, UK.
  • Top Performers: Woodside Primary, Heathfield Academy, Regina Coeli.
  • Key Benchmark: Year 6 reading, writing, maths combined.
  • Achievement: Croydon 67% vs national 62% expected standard.
  • Data Source: Government performance tables 2023-24.

Parents are prompted to submit their operations for their children by January 15th, the deadline for September 2026. 

Croydon seminaries produced outstanding achievements despite difficulties brought on by former epidemic interruptions that impacted education civilly. 

In 2023 – 2024, 62 of Year 6 scholars civilly attained the needed norms in computation, reading, and jotting. 

Croydon exceeded this number, with 68 of scholars meeting the standard. 

Families may make well- informed opinions on where to apply using the most recent performance statistics. 

Based on the most recent data, these are Croydon’s top ten abecedarian seminaries. 

Heathfield Academy and Beaumont Primary 

Heathfield Academy and Beaumont Primary School eclipse the Croydon rankings. 

Ninety percent of scholars at Beaumont Primary, a community academy on Old Lodge Lane in Purley, met the needed norms in reading, jotting, and calculation. 

Also, 90% of scholars at Aberdeen Road’s guarantor– led Heathfield Academy met prospects. 

Winterbourne Junior Girls’ School and Oasis Academy Byron

With 89% of students meeting the required criteria, Oasis Academy Byron and Winterbourne Junior Girls’ School share second position.

While Winterbourne Junior Girls’ School is a well-maintained junior school located on Winterbourne Road in Thornton Heath, Oasis Academy Byron is an academy located on St David’s off Stoneyfield Road in Coulsdon.

David Livingstone Academy and Applegarth Academy

Applegarth Academy and David Livingstone Academy, which shared fourth place, both achieved 88% of the required score.

The STEP Academy Trust’s Applegarth Academy, which serves students ages three to eleven, is situated on Bygrove in New Addington.

Another STEP Trust school on Northwood Road in Thornton Heath, David Livingstone Academy, recorded 88 percent.

Science and Sports at Paxton Academy

Paxton Academy Sports and Science, located on London Road in Thornton Heath, came in seventh position with 87% of students meeting the required standards.

Gresham Elementary School

Gresham Primary School on Limpsfield Road in Sanderstead comes next.

Eighty-six percent of students at the community school achieved the desired level.

Which Croydon schools had the biggest improvement since last year?

Winterbourne Boys’ Academy recorded the largest time- on- time earnings among Croydon seminaries, earning sanctioned recognition as the city’s most advanced institution through accelerated crucial Stage 2 and GCSE progress scores. 

Recent DfE performance tables punctuate West Thornton Primary’s 15 attainment jump in reading, jotting, and calculi ( RWM), rising from 62 to 77 anticipated standard surpassing the public bottom by 12 points. The Crescent Primary followed with 12- point RWM earnings, driven by phonics interventions boosting underprivileged pupil issues by 18. 

Winterbourne Boys’ Academy led secondaries with Progress 8 scores perfecting 1.2( from-0.8 to 0.4), placing it in Croydon’s top quartile amid trust-wide knowledge drives. Oasis Academy Shirley Park advanced 10 in EBacc entry, while Orchard Park High narrowed attainment gaps by 14 points for Pupil Premium cohorts.

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