Cuddington Croft Primary School and Nursery

About Cuddington Croft Primary School and Nursery

Cuddington Croft Primary School and Nursery holds a Good rating from Ofsted, with its most recent graded inspection in 2012 and an ungraded inspection in 2022 confirming it remains Good. Leadership and management were also judged Good. But the standout story here is academic outcomes. In the 2023/24 academic year, 88% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure sits well above the Surrey local authority average of 66% and places the school first out of 33 primary schools in Sutton, in the top 5% nationally. The school also performs strongly at the higher standard, with 42% of pupils reaching that benchmark. Reading and maths average scores both sit at 111, comfortably above the national average.

Digging deeper into the KS2 data, the school’s strength is particularly evident in reading, where 65% of pupils reached the higher standard, and in maths, where 55% did so. Writing at the higher level is slightly lower at 45%, but still strong. Expected standard attainment is consistently high across all three subjects: 92% in reading, 92% in maths, and 91% in writing. The school’s ranking score of 88 places it 10th in Surrey among primary schools, and it sits just behind top-performing peers like South Farnham School and The Raleigh School. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Wallace Fields Infant School and Nursery, 2.6 km away. With no progress scores available in the data, it’s harder to judge how much value the school adds for individual pupils, but the raw outcomes are clearly among the best in the borough.

Cuddington Croft is a three-form entry primary with a nursery, and it is heavily oversubscribed: for 60 places in 2025/26, there were 180 total applications, with 91 first-preference applications and 58 first-preference offers — an oversubscription ratio of 3:1. The school serves 473 pupils, above its stated capacity of 420, and has a very low proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at just 2.1%. Facilities include music rooms, a sports hall, art studios, playing fields, a sensory room, forest school provision, an ICT suite, and even a chapel. SEND support covers a wide range of needs, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health, speech and language communication, and autistic spectrum disorder. Clubs include film club, choir and coding, while sports on offer are rounders, football, cricket and dance. This is a school that suits families who prioritise strong academic outcomes and are willing to navigate a competitive admissions process to secure a place.

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