Aerodrome Primary Academy
Primary schoolAerodrome Primary Academy is a primary school in Croydon, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 447 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 11 November 2025
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
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 EducationIn 2024/25, 66% of pupils at Aerodrome Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 68% in Croydon and 62% in England.
18% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Croydon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% | 68% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 18% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 106 | 105 |
- 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.
- 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- Harris Primary Academy Purley WayPrimary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)560 m
- St Giles SchoolSpecial. School remains Good, April 2023560 m
- Whitgift SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file570 m
- Howard Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)720 m
- Regina Coeli Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, May 2024790 m
- Harris Academy PurleySecondary. Good (overall), February 2023. Attainment 8 of 52.2 (2025/26, provisional)820 m
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).