Rowdown Primary School
Primary schoolRowdown Primary School is a primary school in Croydon, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 316 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 25 March 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- 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 EducationIn 2024/25, 53% of pupils at Rowdown Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 68% in Croydon and 62% in England.
0% 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 | 53% | 68% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 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- Tudor AcademyPrimary. Improved significantly, December 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)850 m
- Fairchildes Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), February 2024. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- Meridian High SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), January 2023. Attainment 8 of 29.7 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2024. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- Castle Hill AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, July 2025. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
- Applegarth AcademyPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 88% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 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).