Primary
Applegarth Academy
Bygrove Fieldway, New Addington, Croydon, CR0 9DL
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 396 of 481 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Nursery
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Trust
- STEP ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 36.5
- Pupils per adult
- 12.0
- Pupils
- 439
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected September 2021
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
88%
18 points above the Croydon average (70% across 78 schools)
108.0
1.7 above the Croydon average (106.3 across 78 schools)
14th of 78 by our score, among the primary schools in Croydon we can score - 91 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 109 |
| Average reading score | 108 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 88% |
| Working at a higher standard | 22% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 85% |
| 23/24 | 85% |
| 24/25 | 88% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 108.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 109.0 |
Bygrove Fieldway, New Addington, Croydon, CR0 9DL
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Croydon admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Cherene Joseph
- Address
- Bygrove Fieldway, New Addington, Croydon, CR0 9DL
- Telephone
- 01689841528