Downsview Primary and Nursery School, London
Downsview Primary and Nursery School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in London. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in March 2015. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in June 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 114th-highest of the 959 schools in London with published results, and 814th of 14,452 across England. It was 95% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Above England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2015)
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Croydon (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Downsview Primary and Nursery School in detail
Downsview Primary and Nursery School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care until 6:00pm.
Coming up: an admissions event on Wednesday 4 November 2026, an admissions event on Tuesday 10 November 2026 and an admissions event on Wednesday 18 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Croydon
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 93% of Year 6 pupils at Downsview Primary and Nursery School reached the expected standard in reading and 93% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 80% and 80% in Croydon and 77% and 75% across England.
Results rose from 85% in reading and 90% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at Downsview Primary and Nursery School
For September 2026 entry, 91 families put Downsview Primary and Nursery School as their first choice and 258 named it as one of their preferences, for 90 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 16 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Downsview Primary and Nursery School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Downsview Primary and Nursery School are St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, 73% reading, 68% maths); St Joseph's RC Junior School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 81% reading, 71% maths); David Livingstone Academy (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 88% reading, 92% maths); and St Joseph's RC Infant School (0.5 miles, Good).
Downsview Primary and Nursery School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.
St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary AcademySt Joseph's RC Junior SchoolDavid Livingstone AcademySt Joseph's RC Infant School
Who goes there
In 2026, 85 pupils (13.7%) received SEN support and 4 (0.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Norbury Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hermitage Road Norwood, 320 metres away.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Downsview Primary and Nursery School issued 1 suspension, 0.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Downsview Primary and Nursery School are Harris Academy Beulah Hill (0.3 miles), St Joseph's College (0.4 miles), The Norwood School (0.6 miles) and Hillcrest (0.6 miles).
Harris Academy Beulah HillSt Joseph's CollegeThe Norwood SchoolHillcrest
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from March 2015, 11 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: The school remains Good.
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's June 2024 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Downsview is a warm, welcoming school where children are proud to be part of the community and thrive through strong relationships with staff. The school goes above and beyond with enriching trips, experiences and community partnerships - from visiting care homes to taking part in local music videos. With a strong focus on reading and a carefully planned curriculum, your child will develop both academically and as a well-rounded person.
Key Strengths
- Strong personal development provision with enriching trips, experiences and opportunities including visits to art galleries, places of worship, and sporting competitions
- Effective reading programme with daily phonics lessons and strategies to promote a love of reading
- Ambitious curriculum with clear mapping of what pupils need to learn from early years onwards
- Strong school culture based on core values of respect, responsibility, trust and love that are lived by staff and pupils daily
- Effective inclusion of pupils with SEND and development of staff expertise to meet all pupils' needs
Areas for Improvement
- Inconsistency in how the ambitious curriculum is delivered - leaders' vision is not always fully realised in lessons
- Adaptations for pupils with SEND are sometimes not effective enough to support their learning
- Focus on developing fluency in weaker readers is not sharp enough during reading and catch-up sessions
- Greater consistency needed to support pupils to learn new concepts
Safeguarding
The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with pupils knowing there are trusted adults to talk to about their worries and being taught how to keep themselves safe including online.
Extracurricular Activities
Art gallery visits, places of worship visits, sporting competitions and events, music video participation with local artist, care home visits, reading ambassadors, reading buddies, drop everything and read sessions, climate change project, eco-committee activities
Downsview Primary and Nursery School continues to be a good school where pupils are happy, safe, and achieve well across the curriculum. The school has high expectations for all pupils and provides a welcoming, inclusive environment based on its core value of 'respect'.
At a Glance
19.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 85% to 93% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 93% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 82% to 88% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
27.0
Avg class size
28.7
Infant (KS1)
27.8
KS2
23
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Latest from Downsview Primary and Nursery School
2nd October 2026
2 Oct 2026
25th September 2026
25 Sep 2026
18th September 2026
18 Sep 2026
11th September 2026
11 Sep 2026
4th September 2026
4 Sep 2026
From Downsview Primary and Nursery School's website. School Signal is not affiliated with the school.
Social & online
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Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Downsview Primary and Nursery School.
- Holiplay Kids Club DownsviewAt the school · Not yet graded
- Stagecoach Upper Norwood810m away · Not yet graded
- KAPZ Kids Club Ltd860m away · Not yet graded
- Rockmount School Holiday Club Premier F4F Group960m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Downsview Primary and Nursery School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Croydon. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.
2026 to 2027
- Autumn term: Wednesday 2 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
- Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
- Summer term: Monday 12 April to Thursday 22 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)
2027 to 2028
- Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027)
- Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028)
- Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028)
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. Downsview Primary and Nursery School is in Croydon; for families living there:
Apply to Croydon for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 34
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 34 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 27 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
7 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Croydon is 54.5 (the median across 156 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Your chances of a place at Downsview Primary and Nursery School
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
95%
Near capacity
594 pupils
625 places
31 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - London
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for London
Across Croydon council
Places available
4,828
Applications
4,082
Got 1st preference
89.6%
Got preferred school
99.2%
All primary applications across Croydon council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
Inspection History(6)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
85
SEN Support
4
EHC Plans
14.4%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
620
Total Pupils
313
Boys
307
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
32
Teachers
19.4:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£52,930
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,447
Per pupil
£3643k
Total funding
£170k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.3%
Overall absence
13.3%
Persistent absence
533
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Questions parents ask about Downsview Primary and Nursery School
What are SATs results like at Downsview Primary and Nursery School?
Of the pupils at Downsview Primary and Nursery School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 93% reached the expected standard in reading and 93% did so in maths.
What is Downsview Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Downsview Primary and Nursery School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in June 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in March 2015, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Downsview Primary and Nursery School?
No fixed boundary. When Downsview Primary and Nursery School is oversubscribed, Croydon allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Downsview Primary and Nursery School?
Downsview Primary and Nursery School was close to full in 2025, at 95% of its capacity.
How big are the classes at Downsview Primary and Nursery School?
Classes at Downsview Primary and Nursery School average 27 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Downsview Primary and Nursery School?
Downsview Primary and Nursery School has around 620 pupils on roll. 20% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Downsview Primary and Nursery School?
5.3% of sessions were missed at Downsview Primary and Nursery School in 2024/25. 13.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Downsview Primary and Nursery School?
Apply through Croydon's coordinated admissions process, naming Downsview Primary and Nursery School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Downsview Primary and Nursery School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Holiplay Kids Club Downsview (registered, not yet graded). There are 3 more within a kilometre. The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
What are Downsview Primary and Nursery School's term dates?
Downsview Primary and Nursery School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Croydon. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Wednesday 2 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 12 April to Thursday 22 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027). In 2027 to 2028: Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027); Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028); Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028).
How many road collisions happen near Downsview Primary and Nursery School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 34 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 27 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 7 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Croydon is 54.5 (the median across 156 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Downsview Primary and Nursery School?
Downsview Primary and Nursery School is at Biggin Way, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 3XE.
Sources: Croydon term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)