Elmwood Infant School

State-Funded School

elmwood-infant-school-croydon-london

LondonRegion

CroydonLocal Authority

Croydon WestConstituency

CR0 2PLPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Elmwood Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–7, located in Croydon, London.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 357 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

11%

Asian

51%

Black

21%

Mixed

12%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

357

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

30%

England average

27%

First language not English

76%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 7
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 357
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

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 17 July 2024. 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
8 Oct 2014	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.