Howard Primary School
Howard Primary School is a primary school in Croydon for ages 4 to 11.
Daily practice for Howard Primary School pupils
Daily maths and English that follow the national curriculum for your child's year. Start with a free five-minute class.
At a glance
- Type
- Community school, run by the council
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 387
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- Dering Place, Croydon, CR0 1DT
- Phone
- 02086 884216
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
The school
- The school expects all pupils, parents, carers and staff to be KIND, SAFE, RESPECTFUL and PREPARED.
- Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 have regular Forest School sessions.
- Howard is a two form entry primary school with 420 pupils aged 4 to 11.
Source: Howard Primary School website; Howard Primary School website; Howard Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
How it teaches
- Phonics is taught through the Read Write Inc. Phonics programme.
- Pupils learn to read and write using the Read Write Inc. Phonics programme.
- Spanish is taught to KS2 pupils with a specialist languages teacher.
- Year 3 and Year 5 pupils have music lessons with Croydon Music and Arts, learning violin or cello in Year 3 and keyboard or guitar in Year 5.
- The school is a UNICEF Rights Respecting School and holds the Achievement for All quality mark.
- Maths, English, Phonics and Reading are taught daily, with Science taught for one afternoon per week.
- Children follow the Zones of Regulation programme to help them understand and regulate their emotions.
Source: Howard Primary School website; Howard Primary School website; Howard Primary School website. Checked 10 November 2026.
Music, sport and trips
- Music is a foundation subject taught in the school.
- Each child has two lessons of PE per week, with one focusing on skills following the REAL PE curriculum.
- The school offers frequent trips and visitors.
Source: Howard Primary School website; Howard Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
Admissions
- The school follows Croydon Council's admissions criteria set out by the Local Authority.
- The Published Admission Number for Reception is 60.
Source: Howard Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
The school day and clubs
- Wraparound care is provided from 7.45am to 6pm.
- School gates open at 8.30am and the end of school is at 3.20pm.
Source: Howard Primary School website; Howard Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
What each year group is learning
From Howard Primary School's curriculum maps.
ReceptionSpring and Summer and Autumn
- Maths
- Counting, cardinality and ordinality. Subitising numbers up to 5. Time, including language of time
- Reading
- Reading books using phonic knowledge
- Writing
- Letter formation and handwriting
- Phonics
- Letter sounds and blending with Read Write Inc
- Science
- Life cycles of plants and animals. Weather through the seasons. Nocturnal and diurnal animals
- Art
- Painting and mark making. Observational drawings of animals and plants. Texture through animal prints. Texture through collage about volcanoes. Colour through painting using tints and shades. Monochrome painting using African materials. Tonal scales using pencil and colour. Clay and foil texture sculpture. Puppets, form and space. Colour through painting using hot and cold colours. Printing and stencils pattern and shape. Still life in the style of cubism. Perspective drawing. Complementary colours in still life and landscape. Clay pots pattern and shape. Block printing and kaleidoscope painting. Optical art. Card relief 3D work. Light and dark sketchbook work. Portraiture in the style of an artist
- Design and technology
- Fine motor skills using tools in cooking, construction and craft
- RE
- Festivals and celebrations. Festivals and celebrations in Reception
- PSHE
- Keeping safe, including PANTS
Year 1Autumn 1 and Autumn 2 and Spring 1 and Summer 1 and Spring 2 and Summer 2 and Autumn and Summer and Spring
- Science
- Identifying and naming the main body parts. Types of everyday materials and their properties. Describing materials by their properties such as hardness and transparency. How materials can be changed by crumbling, squashing, bending, stretching and twisting. Identifying the Solar System, Earth and the Moon. Identifying habitats such as ponds, meadows, woodland and beaches. Naming wild flowering plants. Classifying animals as carnivores, herbivores or omnivores. Life cycle stages of many insects. Naming common invertebrates such as ladybirds, butterflies and dragonflies. Naming amphibians such as the smooth newt, common frog and toad. Stages of human life from baby to adult. Recognising weather types such as sunny, rainy, windy and snowy. Seasons of the year: autumn, winter, spring and summer. Animals that hibernate
- History
- Changes within living memory. Significant historical events
- Art
- Line and tone. Colour through painting using pastels and fireworks. Colour through painting using primary and secondary colours. Texture, pattern and shape through rain pictures
- Design and technology
- Designing and making a salad wrap using prepared fruit and vegetables. Sliders and levers in a spinning mechanism
Year 2
- History
- Events beyond living memory. Lives of significant individuals
- Design and technology
- Designing and making a smoothie from prepared fruit and vegetables. Designing and making a vehicle for a character from a chosen story. Designing and making a piece of furniture or equipment for a character from a chosen story
Year 3Autumn and Spring and Summer
- History
- Stone Age to Iron Age. Achievements of the earliest civilisations
- Design and technology
- Designing and making a muesli using a healthy and varied diet. Designing and making a card or storybook with sliding mechanism effects. Designing and making a toy using pneumatics. Using simple circuits to make a torch, sign or siren
- RE
- How different people describe God and what they believe about God. What it means to be an inspiring leader. How people communicate with God
Year 4Autumn and Spring and Summer
- History
- Ancient Greece. Romans in Britain
- Design and technology
- Designing and making a bread dish for a celebration. Designing and making a sustainable container or gift box
- RE
- How to show you are part of a community and how your community is special to you. How communities celebrate. Why places of worship are important to communities
Year 5Autumn and Spring and Summer
- History
- Anglo Saxons and Scots. Vikings and Anglo Saxons. Non-European study (Benin)
- Design and technology
- Designing your ultimate pizza menu. Designing and making an electrical board game
- RE
- Ways communities care and why we should care for our world. In what ways people are judged. What Humanists believe
Year 6Autumn and Spring and Summer
- History
- Local History of Croydon. Migration in Britain
- Design and technology
- Planning and adapting a meal for a school open evening buffet. Designing, making and evaluating a fairground ride with cams, gears, structure, levers and pulleys
- RE
- How we change through life's journey and what we need on it. How a community works. Why people go on pilgrimages
Read on 10 November 2026 from the school's Reception page and the school's Curriculum Overview page. The maps: EYFS Curriculum Overview, Art, Religious Education, Science, History, Design Technology.
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