Free schools · Primary
Thornton Heath · CR7 6AW · Croydon
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 136714
Gonville Academy
Academy converter · Thornton Heath · CR7 6DL
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
427
Local authority
Croydon
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Thornton Heath, Croydon, 427 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 21.6%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 136714
Location
- Address
- Gonville Road
- Postcode
- CR7 6DL
- Town
- Thornton Heath
- County
- Surrey
- Local authority
- Croydon
- District
- Croydon
- Constituency
- Croydon West
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 427
- Boys / girls
- 203 / 224
- School capacity
- 532
- Capacity fill
- 427 / 532 (80%)
- Free school meals
- 21.6%
- FSM pupils
- 88
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: STEP ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- STEP ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- STEP ACADEMY TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Harriet Mukhtar
- Telephone
- 02086844006
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-06-14
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 81%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 19%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 111.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 111.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 112.0