Quest Primary School

Quest Primary School has achieved a 'Good' overall effectiveness rating during its first inspection. The school is characterized by a warm and caring environment where pupils feel safe and valued. The leadership team, in collaboration with trustees, has been effective in implementing an ambitious curriculum that broadens pupils' knowledge and skill sets across various subjects. Although the curriculum is showing positive effects on pupils' learning, there are still areas, particularly in securing knowledge retention and addressing learning gaps, that require further refinement. Overall, the school has created a positive atmosphere that fosters both educational and personal development.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy attending and feel safe and well cared for at the school.
• Leaders have implemented an ambitious and well-structured curriculum.
• Teaching effectively promotes pupils' vocabulary and language skills.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Effective extracurricular opportunities that enhance personal development.
• Staff feel supported and valued by leadership.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack fully refined curriculum thinking impacting teaching effectiveness.
• Inconsistent responses to gaps in pupils' learning and misconceptions in certain subjects.

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 Quest Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.0% 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, 3.3% of pupils at Quest 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 Quest Primary School had 15.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 23.1% of pupils at Quest Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 13.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 14 pupils.

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 Quest Primary School received £10,216 and spent £10,394 for each of its 207 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £326,000 (-£1,572 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of The Collegiate Trust, income was £7,153 and spending £6,800 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

Quest Primary School is part of The Collegiate Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• The Quest Academy South Croydon
• Courtwood Primary School Croydon
• Riddlesdown Collegiate Purley
• Kenley Primary School Whyteleafe
• Woodcote High School Coulsdon
• Ifield Community College Crawley
• Gossops Green Primary Crawley
• Waterfield Primary School Crawley

What is Quest Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Quest Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Quest Primary School was last inspected in April 2023.

How many pupils does Quest Primary School have?

Quest Primary School has 199 pupils on roll.

What age range does Quest Primary School cover?

Quest Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

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

Where is Quest Primary School?

Quest Primary School is at Farnborough Avenue, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 8HD.