Forest Academy

State-Funded School

forest-academy-croydon-london

LondonRegion

CroydonLocal Authority

Croydon EastConstituency

CR0 8HQPostcode

8.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

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

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 180 pupils. Forest Academy is part of Inspire Partnership Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 83%
Higher standard: 14%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 108

Ethnicity

White

27%

Asian

13%

Black

36%

Mixed

17%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

180

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

60%

England average

27%

First language not English

37%

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: Most deprived
Total pupils: 180
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Inspire Partnership Academy Trust

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
28 Mar 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
13 Jul 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

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.