Addington Valley Academy[1]
Special · ages 2–19
Headline results
Special schools' results are not shown as headlines: they are not comparable with mainstream schools'.
Results
No published data for this school.
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 25 Jan 2023[2]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[2]
- Report published
- 14 Mar 2023[2]
- Personal development
- Good[2]
- Quality of education
- Good[2]
- Overall effectiveness
- Good[2]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding[2]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[2]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good[2]
Competition to get in
No published data for this school.
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Free schools special[1]
- Ages
- 2–19[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 150[1]
- Trust
- ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Croydon[1]
- Website
- www.addingtonvalley.org[1]
- District
- Croydon[3]
- Postcode
- CR0 9AZ[1]
- URN
- 147874[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 132 2024/25[4]
- English as an additional language
- 38.6% 2024/25[4]
- SEN support
- 0% 2024/25[4]
- EHC plan
- 100% 2024/25[4]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 57.4% 2024/25[4]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 25%[5]
- Mixed
- 25%[5]
- Asian
- 31.4%[5]
- Black
- 14.3%[5]
- Any other ethnic group
- 1.4%[5]
- Unclassified
- 2.9%[5]
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.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.