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Ridgeway Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 3–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 70% 70% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
70% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
9% 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
2023/24 79%[4] 18%[4]
2022/23 72%[5] 12%[5]
2018/19 83%[6] 18%[6]
2017/18 67%[7] 23%[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
5 Mar 2024[8]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[8]
Report published
12 May 2024[8]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[8]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
13 Nov 2018[9] Exempt School Inspection[9] Good[9]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.9 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Applications (any preference)
234 Entry Sept 2026[10]
First preferences
72 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Places offered
80 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place
Entry Sept 2025 259[10] 90[10] 90[10] 2.9[10]
Entry Sept 2024 266[10] 85[10] 89[10] 3.0[10]
Entry Sept 2023 265[10] 82[10] 90[10] 2.9[10]
Entry Sept 2022 317[10] 116[10] 91[10] 3.5[10]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
3–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
708[1]
Local authority
Croydon[1]
Website
www.ridgewayprimaryschool.org.uk/[1]
District
Croydon[11]
Postcode
CR2 0EQ[1]
URN
130915[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
642 2024/25[12]
English as an additional language
29.6% 2024/25[12]
SEN support
13.9% 2024/25[12]
EHC plan
2.5% 2024/25[12]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
5.4% 2024/25[12]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.