Elmwood Infant School
Community primary school in Croydon (Croydon).
Ofsted
Ungraded inspection
inspected Jul 2024
Early years (EYFS)
-
not published
Attendance rate
92.6%
▼ 2pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
24.8
▲ 4.1 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
30.0%
▲ 5pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
SEN support
15.4%
same England 2025/26: 15.4%
2025/26
Capacity
87%
357 / 412 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Teacher turnover
0.0%
▼ 15pp England 2024/25: 14.5% (primary schools)
2024/25
Compare measures over time
Where each figure sits
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| Measure | Latest year | This school | In England | In Croydon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 2024/25 | 7.4% | joint 1,120th highest of 16,262 (12 schools have the same figure) | 4th highest of 85 |
| Unauthorised absence | 2024/25 | 3.2% | joint 711th highest of 16,262 (11 schools have the same figure) | 5th highest of 85 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 2024/25 | 1.1% | joint 6,085th highest of 16,268 (68 schools have the same figure) | joint 18th highest of 85 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 2024/25 | 1.6 | - | - |
| Permanent exclusions | 2024/25 | 0.00% | - | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 2025/26 | 30% | joint 5,100th highest of 16,710 (32 schools have the same figure) | 42nd highest of 87 |
| Any SEN | 2025/26 | 19.6% | joint 7,673rd highest of 16,706 (79 schools have the same figure) | joint 34th highest of 87 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| SEN support | 2025/26 | 15.4% | joint 7,786th highest of 16,706 (98 schools have the same figure) | 39th highest of 87 |
| Education, health and care plans | 2025/26 | 4.2% | joint 6,383rd highest of 16,706 (264 schools have the same figure) | joint 30th highest of 87 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Teachers (FTE) | 2024/25 | 14.4 | - | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | 2024/25 | 17 | - | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | 2024/25 | 17.6 | - | - |
| Pupils per teacher | 2024/25 | 26.4 | joint 935th highest of 16,147 (47 schools have the same figure) | 12th highest of 85 |
| Pupils per adult | 2024/25 | 11.8 | joint 5,052nd highest of 16,163 (261 schools have the same figure) | joint 46th highest of 85 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Teacher turnover | 2024/25 | 0% | joint 13,146th highest of 16,165 (3,020 schools have the same figure) | joint 76th highest of 85 (10 schools have the same figure) |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 2024/25 | 35.3% | - | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 2024/25 | 0.7 | - | - |
| Places | 2023/24 | 352 | - | - |
| Pupils | 2023/24 | 350 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 2023/24 | 0.6% | - | - |
"Nth highest of N" counts the schools of the same type in the same school year that have a figure, with the highest figure first. It says where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. Where other schools have exactly the same figure the position is called "joint" and the number of schools with that figure is given. A dash means no position is held, because only one school has a figure or every school has the same figure.
Ofsted inspections
- 17/07/2024 (school year 2023/24): Ungraded inspection (no grade given)
- 11/09/2014 (school year 2014/15): Good
- 23/03/2010 (school year 2009/10): Good
Figures: the yearly series on this page. Positions: open schools in England, built 2026-10-27 from the DfE releases held by WhatSchool (school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, key stage 2 and 4), Open Government Licence v3.0. Ofsted dates: Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026. DfE has not published key stage 2 progress since 2022/23, so each progress measure has one year.
Attendance and behaviour
iAbsence is the share of possible sessions (half days) missed, for full academic years (no 2019/20 figure is published). Pupils suspended at least once and permanent exclusions are shares of pupils; suspensions per 100 pupils counts every suspension. 2020/21 and 2021/22 were affected by COVID-19.Overall absence7.4% 2024/25
This school
4%
2016/17
5.2%
2017/18
4%
2018/19
3.7%
2020/21
6%
2021/22
6.7%
2022/23
7%
2023/24
7.4%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence3.2% 2024/25
This school
1.4%
2016/17
2.1%
2017/18
1.3%
2018/19
1.3%
2020/21
1.7%
2021/22
2%
2022/23
2.4%
2023/24
3.2%
2024/25
Pupils suspended at least once1.1% 2024/25
This school
0%
2017/18
0%
2018/19
0.2%
2019/20
0.3%
2020/21
0%
2021/22
0%
2022/23
1%
2023/24
1.1%
2024/25
Suspensions per 100 pupils1.6 2024/25
This school
0.0
2017/18
0.0
2018/19
0.5
2019/20
0.5
2020/21
0.0
2021/22
0.0
2022/23
1.3
2023/24
1.6
2024/25
Permanent exclusions0.00% 2024/25
This school
0.00%
2017/18
0.00%
2018/19
0.00%
2019/20
0.00%
2020/21
0.00%
2021/22
0.00%
2022/23
0.00%
2023/24
0.00%
2024/25
Pupils
iPupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) and special educational needs (SEN) are shares of all pupils on roll in the January census.Eligible for free school meals (census)30% 2025/26
This school
23.5%
2019/20
29.6%
2020/21
32.2%
2021/22
33.9%
2022/23
30.1%
2023/24
30.5%
2024/25
30%
2025/26
Any SEN19.6% 2025/26
This school
13.1%
2019/20
13.3%
2020/21
15.2%
2021/22
15.1%
2022/23
16.5%
2023/24
14.7%
2024/25
19.6%
2025/26
SEN support15.4% 2025/26
This school
11.6%
2019/20
12.8%
2020/21
13.7%
2021/22
12.8%
2022/23
13.9%
2023/24
11.3%
2024/25
15.4%
2025/26
Education, health and care plans4.2% 2025/26
This school
1.5%
2019/20
0.5%
2020/21
1.5%
2021/22
2.3%
2022/23
2.6%
2023/24
3.4%
2024/25
4.2%
2025/26
Staff
iTeacher numbers are full-time equivalents (FTE) or headcount from the November school workforce census. Turnover is the share of teachers who left in the year.Teachers (FTE)14.4 2024/25
This school
15.9
2017/18
17.6
2018/19
17.7
2019/20
17.9
2020/21
17.8
2021/22
17.4
2022/23
16.4
2023/24
14.4
2024/25
Teachers (headcount)17 2024/25
This school
17
2017/18
19
2018/19
19
2019/20
20
2020/21
20
2021/22
20
2022/23
19
2023/24
17
2024/25
Teaching assistants (FTE)17.6 2024/25
This school
15.5
2017/18
14.7
2018/19
14.8
2019/20
16.7
2020/21
16.3
2021/22
16.3
2022/23
15.9
2023/24
17.6
2024/25
Pupils per teacher26.4 2024/25
This school
24.0
2017/18
23.1
2018/19
22.6
2019/20
21.8
2020/21
23.5
2021/22
22.5
2022/23
23.7
2023/24
26.4
2024/25
Pupils per adult11.8 2024/25
This school
11.4
2017/18
11.8
2018/19
10.9
2019/20
10.6
2020/21
10.6
2021/22
10.7
2022/23
11.3
2023/24
11.8
2024/25
Teacher turnover0% 2024/25
This school
6.3%
2017/18
13.6%
2018/19
8.5%
2019/20
11.2%
2020/21
16.9%
2021/22
17.4%
2022/23
12.3%
2023/24
0%
2024/25
Teachers taking sickness absence35.3% 2024/25
This school
0%
2016/17
15.8%
2017/18
10%
2018/19
10%
2020/21
90%
2021/22
60%
2022/23
52.6%
2023/24
35.3%
2024/25
Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers)0.7 2024/25
This school
0.0
2016/17
0.3
2017/18
0.2
2018/19
0.1
2020/21
5.5
2021/22
3.0
2022/23
2.0
2023/24
0.7
2024/25
Places
iPlaces and pupils come from the school capacity survey, so pupil numbers can differ from the January census figure.Places352 2023/24
This school
352
2015/16
352
2016/17
352
2017/18
352
2018/19
352
2020/21
352
2021/22
352
2022/23
352
2023/24
Pupils350 2023/24
This school
355
2015/16
355
2016/17
358
2017/18
355
2018/19
349
2020/21
355
2021/22
352
2022/23
350
2023/24
Unfilled places0.6% 2023/24
This school
0%
2015/16
0%
2016/17
0%
2017/18
0%
2018/19
0.9%
2020/21
0%
2021/22
0%
2022/23
0.6%
2023/24
All the numbers
iA dash means no published figure for that year. Each year is a school year, for example 2024/25 is September 2024 to August 2025.Yearly series held by WhatSchool from DfE school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, capacity and performance table releases. Series end at different years because DfE publishes them on different timetables. Latest-year values here can differ from the headline on another tab where DfE has revised a figure.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | - | - | 4% | 5.2% | 4% | - | 3.7% | 6% | 6.7% | 7% | 7.4% | - |
| Unauthorised absence | - | - | 1.4% | 2.1% | 1.3% | - | 1.3% | 1.7% | 2% | 2.4% | 3.2% | - |
| Pupils suspended at least once | - | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1.1% | - |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | - |
| Permanent exclusions | - | - | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | - | - | - | - | - | 23.5% | 29.6% | 32.2% | 33.9% | 30.1% | 30.5% | 30% |
| Any SEN | - | - | - | - | - | 13.1% | 13.3% | 15.2% | 15.1% | 16.5% | 14.7% | 19.6% |
| SEN support | - | - | - | - | - | 11.6% | 12.8% | 13.7% | 12.8% | 13.9% | 11.3% | 15.4% |
| Education, health and care plans | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5% | 0.5% | 1.5% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
| Teachers (FTE) | - | 17.2 | 19.2 | 15.9 | 17.6 | 17.7 | 17.9 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 16.4 | 14.4 | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | - | 18 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | - | 15.4 | 17.2 | 15.5 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 17.6 | - |
| Pupils per teacher | - | 22.1 | 19.8 | 24.0 | 23.1 | 22.6 | 21.8 | 23.5 | 22.5 | 23.7 | 26.4 | - |
| Pupils per adult | - | 10.8 | 9.6 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 11.8 | - |
| Teacher turnover | 28.7% | 11.6% | 19.8% | 6.3% | 13.6% | 8.5% | 11.2% | 16.9% | 17.4% | 12.3% | 0% | - |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 0% | 0% | 0% | 15.8% | 10% | - | 10% | 90% | 60% | 52.6% | 35.3% | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | - | 0.1 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | - |
| Places | 354 | 352 | 352 | 352 | 352 | - | 352 | 352 | 352 | 352 | - | - |
| Pupils | 356 | 355 | 355 | 358 | 355 | - | 349 | 355 | 352 | 350 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | - | 0.9% | 0% | 0% | 0.6% | - | - |
Where this school sits in England
iEach figure is placed among state-funded primary schools in England that report it for the same school year. "Higher than 70% of schools" means 70 in every 100 schools have a lower figure. This describes where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. It is not a ranking of the school.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | This school | Year | Position | Schools compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 7.4% | 2024/25 | Higher than 93% of schools | 15,967 |
| Unauthorised absence | 3.2% | 2024/25 | Higher than 96% of schools | 15,967 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 1.1% | 2024/25 | Higher than 62% of schools | 15,971 |
| Pupils per teacher | 24.8 | 2025/26 | Higher than 88% of schools | 16,358 |
| Pupils per adult | 11.9 | 2025/26 | Higher than 70% of schools | 16,358 |
| Teacher turnover | 0% | 2024/25 | Higher than 0% of schools | 15,868 |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 0.7 | 2024/25 | Higher than 9% of schools | 15,016 |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 30% | 2025/26 | Higher than 69% of schools | 16,436 |
| Special educational needs | 19.6% | 2025/26 | Higher than 54% of schools | 16,436 |
| Education, health and care plans | 4.2% | 2025/26 | Higher than 60% of schools | 16,436 |
| English as an additional language | 75.6% | 2025/26 | Higher than 97% of schools | 16,436 |
| Pupils on roll | 357 | year not recorded | Higher than 72% of schools | 16,437 |
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