Rowdown Primary School

State-Funded School

rowdown-primary-school-croydon-london

LondonRegion

CroydonLocal Authority

Croydon EastConstituency

CR0 0EGPostcode

1.2

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

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

It currently serves 316 pupils. Rowdown Primary School is part of Fairchildes Academy Community Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 46%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 99

Ethnicity

White

61%

Asian

Black

12%

Mixed

16%

Any other group

Pupils

316

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

47%

England average

27%

First language not English

22%

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: 316
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Fairchildes Academy Community Trust

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
18 May 2025	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good	Not judged
14 Nov 2019	Good	Good	Good	Good	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.