Saffron Valley Collegiate
Saffron Valley Collegiate is an academy alternative provision converter in Croydon for boys and girls aged 4 to 16. It has 64 pupils and room for 220. About 52 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England.
279 High Street, Croydon, CR0 1QH020 8680 0949saffronvalleycollegiate.co.ukMrs Gillian LaRocque headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Croydon council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (54), language and communications needs (6), Autistic spectrum disorder (3), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 64 | 79 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 52% | 43% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 11% | 10% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 89% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 11% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croydon Metropolitan College | Independent | 210 m | 5 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Heathfield Academy | Academy | 330 m | 411 | Not inspected | 92 | Compare |
| Krishna Avanti Primary School | Free school | 440 m | 212 | Not inspected | 94 | Compare |
| Howard Primary School | Council | 450 m | 387 | Good 2022 | 32 | Compare |
| Aspire Learning | Independent | 500 m | 54 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Croydon College | Further education | 630 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Serenity School, Old Palace Croydon | Independent | 630 m | 144 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Park Hill Junior School | Academy | 720 m | 367 | Outstanding 2023 | 97 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Saffron Valley Collegiate a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Saffron Valley Collegiate yet.
How many pupils does Saffron Valley Collegiate have?
64 pupils aged 4 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 220 places, so it is 29% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 279 High Street, Croydon, CR0 1QH
- Telephone
- 020 8680 0949
- Website
- www.saffronvalleycollegiate.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Gillian LaRocque
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision converter (Academy alternative provision converter, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 4-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Alternative Learning Trust (7 schools)
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Ward
- Fairfield
- Constituency
- Croydon West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 May 2024 (academy converter)
- URN
- 149606 · LAESTAB 3061100 · UKPRN 10092136
- Formerly
- Saffron Valley Collegiate
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.