Coulsdon CofE Primary School

What Ofsted found

Full inspection, November 2023.

• Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
• The quality of education: Requires improvement
• Behaviour and attitudes: Good
• Personal development: Good
• Leadership and management: Requires improvement
• Early years provision: Requires improvement
• Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

• Inspectors found that pupils behave well in classrooms and around the school and feel safe because they trust adults to help them.
• Inspectors found that pupils with SEND are accurately identified and typically receive skilled support.
• The report says that historically pupils have not secured strong outcomes in the Year 1 phonics screening check and leaders are prioritising reading.

Our summary of Ofsted's report. Read the full reports on Ofsted's website. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nursery

• Visits to the Early Years setting can be booked before admission.

Source: Coulsdon CofE Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.

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