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Forest Academy

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  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Croydon
  • CR0 8HQ

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 4,070 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 28%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 86%86%2016/17: top 75%2017/18: top 45%2018/19: top 58%2022/23: top 25%2023/24: top 8%8% · 2023/242024/25: top 28%No exams

Against LondonArrows: London rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM73% · London 72%6/10 Middle+27.2 pts
Higher standard, RWM7% · London 12%3/10 Below−48.8 pts
Reading score105 · London 1072/10 Well below London
Maths score103 · London 1071/10 Well below London−12.6 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 36% · 55 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 52% · 56 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 69% · 68 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 64% · 44 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 71% · 28 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 83% · 29 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 73% · 30 pupils · London 72%83%36%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 55 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 7% · 56 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 9% · 68 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 18% · 44 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 18% · 28 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 14% · 29 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 7% · 30 pupils · London 12%18%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 96 · 55 pupils · London 1032016/17: 101 · 56 pupils · London 1052017/18: 104 · 68 pupils · London 1062018/19: 103 · 44 pupils · London 1062022/23: 105 · 28 pupils · London 1062023/24: 106 · 29 pupils · London 1072024/25: 105 · 30 pupils · London 10710696No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 98 · 55 pupils · London 1042016/17: 101 · 56 pupils · London 1062017/18: 104 · 68 pupils · London 1062018/19: 105 · 44 pupils · London 1072022/23: 105 · 28 pupils · London 1062023/24: 108 · 29 pupils · London 1062024/25: 103 · 30 pupils · London 10710898No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
12 of 12 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1212
2nd20
3rd60
Last distance offered
  • 2025/263.5 km
  • 2024/253.4 km
  • 2021/228.5 km
  • 2019/205.9 km

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Inadequateas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2011Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2015Good
  5. 2018Requires improvement
  6. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · 1 point to improve

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Feb 2022

Strengths

  • “Pupils like their school.”
  • “They are safe, happy and enjoy learning.”
  • “Staff plan exciting activities to enhance the curriculum.”

To improve

  • “Leaders have recently revised the curriculum to make it more relevant to their pupils.”
  • “Teaching regularly recaps what has been taught.”
  • “However, occasionally, pupils do not remember key knowledge, and this limits their success in tackling what comes next.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026180
Free school meals (past 6 years)61.0%
First language not English34.2%
SEN support21.6%
EHC plan1.6%
Absence (sessions missed)5.4%
Persistently absent pupils12.0%

Girls 49.5%Boys 50.5%

27.4% full · 656 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher19.6
Pupils per adult10.1
  • Classroom teachers 7.2
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 7.5
  • Other support 3

Teachers 9.2 FTE · Whole workforce 19.7 · 23 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,108
Spend per pupil£8,654
Staff spend per pupil£6,005
Reserve per pupil−£2,142
  • −£406,000revenue reserve
  • +£86,000in-year balance

Grants £8,982 · self-generated £127 · premises £950 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: INSPIRE PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY TRUST (10 academies) · trust reserve £2,321,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it