Broadmead Primary School

Broadmead Primary has shown notable improvement, receiving a 'Good' rating across all inspection categories, a shift from its previous 'Requires Improvement' status. The school fosters a welcoming environment where pupils engage in a broad curriculum that emphasizes both academic and personal growth. Families and pupils appreciate the range of extracurricular activities available, as well as the targeted support provided to students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Overall, the school has effectively fostered a positive learning atmosphere, encouraging resilience and respect among its pupils.

Strengths

• The school offers a broad and ambitious curriculum.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND through well-implemented identification and assistance systems.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and a range of extracurricular activities.
• Clear and consistent expectations for behavior management.
• Significantly improved attendance rates.
• An effective early years provision that supports language and communication development.

Areas for Improvement

• Variability in the delivery of the curriculum, impacting pupil understanding.
• Occasional failure to check pupil understanding before moving on to new content.

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 Broadmead Primary School attended 89.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 35.7% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Broadmead Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were 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 Broadmead Primary School had 17.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.6% 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, 20.6% of pupils at Broadmead Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% 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 Broadmead Primary School received £9,512 and spent £9,637 for each of its 373 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £149,000 (£399 per pupil).

Across all 22 schools of The Pioneer Academy, income was £7,355 and spending £7,206 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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Broadmead Primary School is part of The Pioneer Academy, which runs 23 schools. The nearest others:

• The Crescent Primary School Croydon
• South Norwood Primary London
• Stewart Fleming Primary School London
• Woodcote Primary School Coulsdon
• Southborough Primary School Bromley
• Red Hill Primary School Chislehurst
• Downe Primary School Orpington
• Burnt Oak Junior School Sidcup
• Chatsworth Infant School Sidcup
• Halstead Community Primary School Sevenoaks

What is Broadmead Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Broadmead Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Broadmead Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Broadmead Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Broadmead Primary School have?

Broadmead Primary School has 394 pupils on roll.

What age range does Broadmead Primary School cover?

Broadmead Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Broadmead Primary School?

Broadmead Primary School is at 366 Sydenham Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 2EA.