Ark Oval Primary Academy
Primary · Croydon · CR0 6BA
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 5 March 2020
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593 pupils · 94% of 630 capacity
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 34.4% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 53.7% of pupils
- SEN support
- 19.1% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.arkovalprimary.org
- URN
- 137114
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.81 first-choice applications per place88 places offered · 71 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry) lived within 1.011 miles
measured in a straight line.
Cutoff distance by entry year
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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
85 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
58% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 22% moved to another state school · 21% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 17 June 2025: S5 Inspection
- 4 March 2020: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 17 May 2016: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.