Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D43
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Croydon, CR0 0RG
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Applegarth Academy
Bygrove Fieldway, New Addington, Croydon, CR0 9DL
Local ranking4th of 85 primary schools in Croydon
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Primary
Phase
481
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 9 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 88.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 22.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 90.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 90.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 58
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 422
- Boys
- 185 (47%)
- Girls
- 211 (53%)
- Capacity
- 481 (82% full)
- SEND
- 25.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 52.0%
- EAL
- 23.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.2%
- SEN Support
- 19.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,249/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 28.8%
- Black African: 23.6%
- Black Caribbean: 11.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 10.1%
- White Other: 6.2%
- Mixed Other: 5.2%
- Asian Other: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.0%
28.8%
White British
23.6%
Black African
11.6%
Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Bygrove Fieldway
Croydon, London
Administrative
- URN
- 139393
- UKPRN
- 10040772
- Establishment No.
- 2016
- Trust
- STEP ACADEMY TRUST
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