Norbury Manor Primary School

About Norbury Manor Primary School

Norbury Manor Primary School is a state primary in Croydon, a London borough with 88 primary schools. It sits at rank 41 out of those 77 schools that have a ranking score, placing it in the top half of the local authority. The three highest-ranked primaries in Croydon are Heathfield Academy, St John's CofE Primary School, and Applegarth Academy, all of which score higher on the same metric. Norbury Manor's own ranking score of 69 is based on the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at key stage 2. The school is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry it received 115 applications for 51 places, with 42 first-preference offers made. That gives an oversubscription ratio of 2.25, meaning more than two families applied for every place. The school has a nursery provision and is non-denominational, with no religious character. It is led by headteacher Sonia Potter and has 417 pupils on roll, against a capacity of 448.

Academically, Norbury Manor performs above the Croydon average. In the 2023/24 key stage 2 results, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the local authority average of 66%. The school's average scaled scores were 105 in reading and 107 in maths, both comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. At the higher standard, 8% of pupils achieved the higher combined threshold, with 37% reaching the higher standard in reading and 29% in maths. Writing was the weakest area at the higher level, with just 10% achieving that standard. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in February 2023, confirmed that the school remains Good overall. This is a notable improvement from its previous graded inspection in 2017, when it was rated Requires Improvement. In that earlier inspection, early years provision was graded 3 (Requires Improvement), but in the 2023 ungraded inspection it was judged Outstanding. Leadership and management and overall effectiveness are both rated Good.

The school offers a broad set of facilities including a sports hall, gymnasium, art studios, music rooms, an ICT suite, a sensory room, a forest school area, and a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, cross country, football and dance, and there are clubs for gardening, coding and chess. SEND provision is extensive, covering specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder, and other difficulties. The nearest Outstanding-rated primary is St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery School, 1.6 km away. With 30.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a relatively disadvantaged catchment compared with the national average. Norbury Manor is a good fit for families in Croydon who want a well-subscribed, improving primary with strong SEND support and a nursery on site, though they should be prepared for competition at the admissions stage.

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