Aerodrome Primary Academy

State-Funded School

aerodrome-primary-academy-croydon-london

LondonRegion

CroydonLocal Authority

Croydon WestConstituency

CR0 4EJPostcode

6.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Aerodrome Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Croydon, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 447 pupils. Aerodrome Primary Academy is part of REAch2 Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 11 Nov 2025 · published 11 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 62%
Higher standard: 6%
Reading score: 108
Maths score: 108

Ethnicity

White

27%

Asian

19%

Black

26%

Mixed

21%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

447

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

29%

England average

27%

First language not English

33%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 447
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: REAch2 Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 19 May 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
19 Sept 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.