Rockmount Primary School, London
Rockmount Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in London. It was rated Outstanding at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in May 2015. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in June 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 175th-highest of the 959 schools in London with published results, and 1,291st of 14,452 across England. For 2026 entry it had 1.8 first-choice applications for every place. It was 92% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Above England average
- Ofsted
- Outstanding (2015)
- Demand
- 1.8 first choices per place
- Attendance
- Better than England average
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
Rockmount Primary School in detail
Rockmount Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "On this page you will find Rockmount Primary School staff listed with their job titles and responsibilities."
From the headteacher's welcome: "Rockmount is a happy, friendly school situated very close to the vibrant Crystal Palace triangle. We greatly value our very strong and diverse school community and work hard to ensure good relationships are built on support, kindness and consideration for all."
Vision and values (school website)Headteacher's welcome (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 93% of Year 6 pupils at Rockmount Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 89% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 80% and 80% in Croydon and 77% and 75% across England.
Results were similar in 2024 (90% in reading, 87% in maths).
Getting a place at Rockmount Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 107 families put Rockmount Primary School as their first choice and 320 named it as one of their preferences, for 59 places offered. That is 1.8 first choices for every place. 50 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Rockmount Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Rockmount Primary School are Paxton Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 73% reading, 67% maths); St Joseph's RC Junior School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 81% reading, 71% maths); St Joseph's RC Infant School (0.4 miles, Good); and All Saints CofE Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 57% reading, 54% maths).
Rockmount Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.
Paxton Primary SchoolSt Joseph's RC Junior SchoolSt Joseph's RC Infant SchoolAll Saints CofE Primary School
What parents say
248 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Rockmount Primary School (as of September 2025): 98% would recommend the school, 98% say their child is happy there and 82% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (99%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (82%).
Who goes there
In 2026, 96 pupils (21.2%) received SEN support and 11 (2.4%) 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 Gipsy Hill Station, about 670 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rockmount Road (->n), 120 metres away.
Suspensions and exclusions
Rockmount Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Rockmount Primary School are Hillcrest (0.1 miles), Harris Academy Beulah Hill (0.5 miles), The Norwood School (0.5 miles) and St Joseph's College (0.8 miles).
HillcrestHarris Academy Beulah HillThe Norwood SchoolSt Joseph's College
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; 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 · 1 year agoThis judgement is from May 2015, 11 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's June 2025 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Rockmount provides an outstanding education where every child is expected to succeed. The school expertly balances a strong academic curriculum with rich enrichment experiences, from caring for school chickens to developing leadership skills as peer mediators. Pupils develop excellent character, resilience, and a genuine love of learning in a warm, respectful community.
Key Strengths
- Exemplary pupil behaviour with thoughtful self-regulation and high levels of respect between staff and pupils
- Highly effective, carefully sequenced curriculum with 'golden threads' that build strong knowledge across subjects
- Exceptional early years provision that builds independence and enjoyment
- Consistent, high-quality phonics teaching with rapid progress in reading
- Extensive enrichment opportunities including enterprise activities, leadership roles, and well-being programmes
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with strong safeguarding culture and clear systems in place.
Extracurricular Activities
Caring for school chickens, growing and selling produce, learning kitchen, peer mediation, reading ambassadors, well-being ambassadors, book vending machine rewards
Rockmount Primary School is an outstanding primary school where staff have high ambitions for all pupils and provide a safe, nurturing environment. Pupils thrive through a broad, rich curriculum carefully designed to meet their individual needs and interests.
At a Glance
19.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
248 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 93% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 89% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 82% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
30.2
Avg class size
29.8
Infant (KS1)
29.5
KS2
15
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Latest from Rockmount Primary School
Jeans for Genes!
21 Sep 2026
A Shakespearean Spectacular at Rockmount!
14 Sep 2026
Ready, Set, Raise! ⭐
17 Jul 2026
Let Your Feet Compete 2026
13 Jul 2026
Hidden Treasures of the Thames
10 Jul 2026
Turning the Page: Our New School Library Begins!
3 Jul 2026
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Before and after school care
Rockmount Primary School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Croydon
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Rockmount Primary School.
- Rockmount School Holiday Club Premier F4F GroupAt the school · Not yet graded
- Camp Olympia Fidelis370m away · Not yet graded
- Stagecoach Upper Norwood760m away · Not yet graded
- Junior Adventures Group @ Kingswood Primary School SE27830m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Rockmount Primary 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
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Rockmount Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Rockmount Primary 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
- 50
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 10
- Children hurt
- 7
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 50 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 10 serious and 40 slight.
7 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise.
9 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.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at Rockmount Primary School
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
92%
Near capacity
412 pupils
450 places
38 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: 1.8 first choices per place
Inspection History(6)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
96
SEN Support
11
EHC Plans
23.6%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
453
Total Pupils
224
Boys
229
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
21
Teachers
21.6:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£46,755
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,658
Per pupil
£2572k
Total funding
£120k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
4.2%
Overall absence
7.2%
Persistent absence
361
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 Rockmount Primary School
What are SATs results like at Rockmount Primary School?
Of the pupils at Rockmount Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 93% reached the expected standard in reading and 89% did so in maths.
What is Rockmount Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Rockmount Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in June 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in May 2015, it was rated Outstanding.
What is the catchment area for Rockmount Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Rockmount Primary 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 Rockmount Primary School?
Rockmount Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 92% of its 450 places.
How big are the classes at Rockmount Primary School?
Classes at Rockmount Primary School average 30.2 pupils (2025/26). 2 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Rockmount Primary School?
Rockmount Primary School has around 453 pupils on roll. 19% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Rockmount Primary School?
4.2% of sessions were missed at Rockmount Primary School in 2024/25. 7.2% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Rockmount Primary School?
Apply through Croydon's coordinated admissions process, naming Rockmount Primary 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 Rockmount Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Rockmount Primary School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Rockmount School Holiday Club Premier F4F Group (registered, not yet graded). There are 3 more within a kilometre.
What are Rockmount Primary School's term dates?
Rockmount Primary 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 Rockmount Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 50 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 10 serious and 40 slight. 7 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise. 9 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 Rockmount Primary School?
Rockmount Primary School is at Chevening Road, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 3ST.
Sources: Croydon term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)