Downsview Primary and Nursery School[1]
Primary · ages 3–11
Headline results
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 81% 81% 2024/25[2]
Results
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 81% 2024/25[2]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 6% 2024/25[2]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 109 2024/25[2]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 107 2024/25[2]
- All results, 2021/22
- Not published[3]
- All results, 2020/21
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
- All results, 2019/20
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
| Year | Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) | Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) | Reading, average scaled score | Maths, average scaled score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 74%[4] | 14%[4] | 107[4] | 107[4] |
| 2022/23 | 66%[5] | 4%[5] | 105[5] | 106[5] |
| 2018/19 | 58%[6] | 7%[6] | 104[6] | 105[6] |
| 2017/18 | 83%[7] | 18%[7] | 109[7] | 109[7] |
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 12 Jun 2024[8]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[8]
- Report published
- 11 Jul 2024[8]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[8]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- School remains Good[8]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 2.9 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- Applications (any preference)
- 258 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- First preferences
- 91 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- Places offered
- 90 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- First preferences per place
- 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[10]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 253[10] | 82[10] | 90[10] | 2.8[10] | 0.9[10] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 285[10] | 105[10] | 90[10] | 3.2[10] | 1.2[10] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 223[10] | 64[10] | 81[10] | 2.8[10] | 0.8[10] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 227[10] | 81[10] | 90[10] | 2.5[10] | 0.9[10] |
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Community school[1]
- Ages
- 3–11[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 630[1]
- Local authority
- Croydon[1]
- Website
- www.downsview.croydon.sch.uk/[1]
- District
- Croydon[11]
- Postcode
- SE19 3XE[1]
- URN
- 101778[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 632 2024/25[12]
- English as an additional language
- 23.3% 2024/25[12]
- SEN support
- 13.1% 2024/25[12]
- EHC plan
- 0.6% 2024/25[12]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 19% 2024/25[12]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 43.2%[13]
- Mixed
- 17.9%[13]
- Asian
- 19.8%[13]
- Black
- 16.3%[13]
- Any other ethnic group
- 1.1%[13]
- Unclassified
- 1.6%[13]
The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.
Sources
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (2)
We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.