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Addington Valley Academy

Special school

Addington Valley Academy is a special school in Croydon, for pupils aged 2 to 19. It had 140 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Ofsted

Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026

Good (overall), January 2023

Inspection
Graded inspection, 25 January 2023
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.

Results

Department for Education

End of primary school (KS2)

2024/25
MeasureThis schoolCroydonEngland
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and mathsWithheld by DfE to protect confidentiality68%62%
Reached the higher standardWithheld by DfE to protect confidentiality10%8%
Average scaled score in readingWithheld by DfE to protect confidentiality106106
Average scaled score in mathsWithheld by DfE to protect confidentiality106105

End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)

2025/26, provisional
MeasureThis schoolCroydonEngland
Average Attainment 8 scoreDoes not apply to this school46.046.2
Grade 5 or above in English and mathsDoes not apply to this school46.1%46.3%
Grade 4 or above in English and mathsDoes not apply to this school64.3%64.8%
Pupils at the end of KS414––
  • Addington Valley Academy teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
  • Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
  • The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
  • Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
  • Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

Schools nearby

In a straight line
  • Applegarth AcademyPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 88% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)380 m
  • Castle Hill AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, July 2025. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)460 m
  • Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2024. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)570 m
  • Tudor AcademyPrimary. Improved significantly, December 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
  • Forestdale Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2022. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
  • Forest AcademyPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km

Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Croydon

Where these figures come from

  • Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
  • Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).