Paxton Academy Sports And Science[1]
Primary · ages 2–11
Headline results
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 87% 87% 2024/25[2]
Results
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 87% 2024/25[2]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 13% 2024/25[2]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 109 2024/25[2]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 105 2024/25[2]
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 6 Dec 2022[5]
- Type
- Serious Weaknesses S5 Reinspection[5]
- Report published
- 26 Jan 2023[5]
- Personal development
- Good[5]
- Quality of education
- Good[5]
- Overall effectiveness
- Good[5]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good[5]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[5]
- Early years provision (where applicable)
- Good[5]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Outstanding[5]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 2.7 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- Applications (any preference)
- 156 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- First preferences
- 53 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- Places offered
- 58 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- First preferences per place
- 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[7]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 152[7] | 45[7] | 49[7] | 3.1[7] | 0.9[7] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 113[7] | 32[7] | 44[7] | 2.6[7] | 0.7[7] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 89[7] | 25[7] | 29[7] | 3.1[7] | 0.9[7] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 86[7] | 27[7] | 31[7] | 2.8[7] | 0.9[7] |
Admissions
- Places (published admission number), 4+ entry
- 60 2026-10-14[8]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Free schools[1]
- Ages
- 2–11[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 630[1]
- Trust
- WANDLE LEARNING TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Croydon[1]
- Website
- www.paxtonacademy.org.uk[1]
- District
- Croydon[9]
- Postcode
- CR7 6AW[1]
- URN
- 140967[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 275 2024/25[10]
- English as an additional language
- 48.4% 2024/25[10]
- SEN support
- 13.5% 2024/25[10]
- EHC plan
- 2.6% 2024/25[10]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 55.5% 2024/25[10]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 18.5%[11]
- Mixed
- 13.9%[11]
- Asian
- 26%[11]
- Black
- 36.3%[11]
- Any other ethnic group
- 5%[11]
- Unclassified
- 0.4%[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 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2020/21. 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 — Paxton Primary Academy 2027 2028 Admissions Arrangements (PDF). Period 2026-10-14.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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With 60 Reception places in. (p. 3)
- 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.