Forest Academy

About Forest Academy

Forest Academy is a small primary school in Croydon, currently home to 190 pupils against a capacity of 656, meaning it operates well below its potential size. That spare capacity is notable given the demand: for the 2025/26 intake, the school received 48 applications for 28 places, with 19 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.71. The school serves a community with high levels of disadvantage — 60.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the national average of around 23% and significantly higher than the Croydon primary average. This context matters because Forest Academy’s results, as we’ll see, punch well above what you might expect given its intake. The school is non-religious, mixed, and has a nursery provision, so it takes children from age three. Headteacher Swabra Lloyd has been in post since at least the most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022, when the school was rated Good across all categories — a notable improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2018.

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