Aerodrome Primary Academy

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Goodwin Road
Croydon
Surrey
CR0 4EJ
Phone 02086884975
Reference Number 139094

General Makeup

Number of pupils 467
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.32%
Girls: 49.68%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 34.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 39.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.4
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 26.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 33 29 62
2 27 34 61
3 27 32 59
4 27 30 57
5 36 28 64
6 35 30 65

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 19.3%
African 17.1%
White, Other 13.7%
Mixed, Other 10.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 8.4%
Caribbean 5.4%
Indian 4.5%
Pakistani 3.9%
Asian, Other 3.4%
White & Black (African) 2.4%
White & Asian 2.1%
Chinese 1.9%
Unclassified 1.5%
Irish 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2021-06-25
Date Description Report
2021-05-18 School inspection School inspection
2016-06-14 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-12-10 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as The Aerodrome School
2012-07-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-07-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 73% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 11% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 108 Unlock Unlock
Maths 109 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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Writing -1.1 Unlock Unlock
Maths -0.2 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 48 2
Third Preference 43 1
From another Local Authority 8 2

Previous Years

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Name Distance
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0.35 miles
Howard Primary School
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Harris Primary Academy Haling Park
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0.59 miles
Heathfield Academy
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The Minster Junior School
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0.63 miles
The Minster Nursery and Infants Church of England Academy
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0.63 miles
Elmhurst School Ltd
0.76 miles
Purley Oaks Primary School
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0.77 miles
Cumnor House School
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0.83 miles
St Elphege's RC Junior School
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0.84 miles
St Elphege's RC Infants' School
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0.84 miles
High View Primary School
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0.87 miles
St Peter's Primary School
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0.88 miles
Wallington Primary Academy
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1.05 miles
Park Hill Junior School
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1.12 miles
Park Hill Infant School
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1.14 miles
Al-Khair School Preparatory School
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1.15 miles
Foresters Primary School
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1.16 miles
Name Distance
St Giles School
Pampisford Road, Pampisford School, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 6DF
0.35 miles
Whitgift School
0.36 miles
Harris Academy Purley
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0.51 miles
Croydon Metropolitan College
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0.61 miles
The Write Time
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Bright Minds Creative Academy
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0.76 miles
Wilson's School
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0.8 miles
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0.84 miles
Aspire Learning
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0.9 miles
Cambridge Tutors College
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0.94 miles
The Link School
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0.98 miles
Croydon College
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1.08 miles
Thomas More Catholic School
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1.22 miles
Rutherford School
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1.27 miles
Sherwood Park School
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1.33 miles
Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School
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1.35 miles
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1.4 miles
The John Fisher School
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1.47 miles
St Mary's Catholic High School
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1.48 miles
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1.49 miles
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