Heathfield Academy[1]
Primary · ages 4–11
Headline results
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 90% 90% 2024/25[2]
Results
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 90% 2024/25[2]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 12% 2024/25[2]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 107 2024/25[2]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 108 2024/25[2]
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 1 Jul 2025[5]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[5]
- Report published
- 23 Sep 2025[5]
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes[5]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- Standards maintained[5]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 4.8 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- Applications (any preference)
- 286 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- First preferences
- 71 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- Places offered
- 60 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- First preferences per place
- 1.2 Entry Sept 2026[7]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 303[7] | 80[7] | 59[7] | 5.1[7] | 1.4[7] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 295[7] | 87[7] | 60[7] | 4.9[7] | 1.4[7] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 271[7] | 71[7] | 60[7] | 4.5[7] | 1.2[7] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 245[7] | 65[7] | 60[7] | 4.1[7] | 1.1[7] |
Admissions
- Application deadline, 4+ entry
- 15 Jan 2027 Entry Sept 2027[8]
- Places (published admission number), 4+ entry
- 60 2026-10-14[8]
- Sibling priority
- Children with a sibling at Heathfield Academy at the date of their admission will be allocated places in this category by reference to the proximity of the child’s home address (as defined by this policy) to the Academy, with those living nearer receiving higher priority. 2026-10-14[8]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy sponsor led[1]
- Ages
- 4–11[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 420[1]
- Trust
- STEP ACADEMY TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Croydon[1]
- Website
- https://www.heathfieldacademy.org/[1]
- District
- Croydon[9]
- Postcode
- CR0 1EQ[1]
- URN
- 140435[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 416 2024/25[10]
- English as an additional language
- 49.3% 2024/25[10]
- SEN support
- 13.9% 2024/25[10]
- EHC plan
- 3.1% 2024/25[10]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 34.1% 2024/25[10]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 24.1%[11]
- Mixed
- 17.8%[11]
- Asian
- 28.5%[11]
- Black
- 25.3%[11]
- Any other ethnic group
- 1.5%[11]
- Unclassified
- 2.9%[11]
The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.
Sources
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.
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croydon.gov.uk: croydon.gov.uk — Heathfield academy 2027 2028 admission arrangements (PDF). Period 2026-10-14.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (3)
The deadline for applications for admission to Reception Year in the normal admission round is on or about 15 January 2027. (p. 7)
The published admission number ("PAN") for Reception Year at the Academy is 60. (p. 4)
Children with a sibling at Heathfield Academy at the date of their admission will be allocated places in this category by reference to the proximity of the child's home address (as defined by this policy) to the Academy, with those living nearer receiving higher priority. (p. 5)
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.