Chestnut Park Primary School

Chestnut Park Primary School demonstrates strong overall performance, maintaining the high standards established during its previous inspection. The school is part of the GLF Schools Trust and has received effective leadership changes that have reinforced its commitment to educational excellence. Pupils enjoy a supportive environment where they achieve well academically and are encouraged to participate in enriching extracurricular activities. The school's dedication to pupil wellbeing and community involvement reflects its ambition for student success.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy attending school and are well cared for.
• Ambitious curriculum tailored to meet pupils' needs.
• High-quality phonics teaching leading to fluent reading.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Wide range of enrichment activities enhancing pupils' experiences.
• Strong emphasis on promoting positive behaviour among pupils.
• Well-prepared students for life in modern Britain.

Areas for Improvement

• Need to support pupils in revisiting prior knowledge during new lessons.
• Inconsistent assessment of children's knowledge in early years leading to misconceptions.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Chestnut Park Primary School attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.7% of pupils at Chestnut Park Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Chestnut Park Primary School had 21.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 9.9% of pupils at Chestnut Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Chestnut Park Primary School received £7,849 and spent £8,034 for each of its 599 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £511,000 (£854 per pupil).

Across all 42 schools of Glf Schools, income was £7,514 and spending £7,514 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Croydon · Croydon local authority: places and applications

Chestnut Park Primary School is part of Glf Schools, which runs 43 schools. The nearest others:

• Whyteleafe Primary School Whyteleafe
• Cuddington Croft Primary School and Nursery Sutton
• Warlingham Village Primary School Warlingham
• Floreat Wandsworth Primary School London
• Meridian High School Croydon
• Banstead Infant School and Nursery Banstead
• Marden Lodge Primary School and Nursery Caterham
• de Stafford School Caterham
• The Beacon School Banstead
• Warren Mead Junior School Banstead

What is Chestnut Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Chestnut Park Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Chestnut Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Chestnut Park Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Chestnut Park Primary School have?

Chestnut Park Primary School has 608 pupils on roll.

What age range does Chestnut Park Primary School cover?

Chestnut Park Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Chestnut Park Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 44% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Chestnut Park Primary School?

Chestnut Park Primary School is at 49 St James Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 2UR.