Purley Oaks Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · South Croydon, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
7.111 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Purley Oaks Primary School is a primary school in South Croydon, Croydon for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 February 2025. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Purley Oaks Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 7.111 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 7.111 miles away, 6th longest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.44 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years; it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 69 first-choice applications for 78 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Croydon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bynes Road, South Croydon, CR2 0PR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 642 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish in this welcoming and supportive school.”
- “They are rightly proud of its inclusive ethos.”
- “Pupils and staff consistently promote the school’s values of aspiration and collaboration.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, teaching is not explicit about how new knowledge links with previous learning.”
- “This means some pupils cannot connect their learning with what they already know.”
- “As a result, sometimes they do not demonstrate a greater depth of understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 60% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 69 first-preference applications, 78 offers in total, 69 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Croydon.
- Harris Primary Academy Haling Park 0.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Peter's Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Regina Coeli Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ridgeway Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Aerodrome Primary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Howard Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heathfield Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley) 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published