Elmwood Infant School

Lodge Road, Croydon, CR0 2PL

357 pupils · 87% of 412 capacity

Phase
Primary
Type
Community school
Ages
3–7
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Local authority
Croydon
Free school meals
30%

Ofsted

Good (2024)Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 17 July 2024, published 19 September 2024. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Will my child get in?

Usually has places available 0.89 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry948423491
Sept 2025 entry918326088
Sept 2024 entry11696287110
Sept 2023 entry978328894
Sept 2022 entry10690293104
Sept 2021 entry987527797
Sept 2020 entry120112367120
Sept 2019 entry120110335120

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.