St Mary's Catholic Infant School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B75
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Croydon, CR0 2AQ
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Ark Oval Primary Academy
98 Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, CR0 6BA
Local ranking41st of 85 primary schools in Croydon
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
630
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 17 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 66.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 4.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 85
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 601
- Boys
- 304 (51%)
- Girls
- 297 (49%)
- Capacity
- 630 (95% full)
- SEND
- 21.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.8%
- EAL
- 53.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 19.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,150/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Black African: 21.0%
- Asian Indian: 14.8%
- White Other: 11.5%
- Black Caribbean: 9.8%
- White British: 9.5%
- Other: 5.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 5.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.7%
21.0%
Black African
14.8%
Asian Indian
11.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
98 Cherry Orchard Road
Croydon, London
Administrative
- URN
- 137114
- UKPRN
- 10034921
- Establishment No.
- 2013
- Trust
- ARK SCHOOLS
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