Gresham Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · South Croydon, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.622 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Gresham Primary School is a primary school in South Croydon, Croydon for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2023. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Gresham 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 | 1.622 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
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.622 miles, 26th shortest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 2.44 miles).
- The Reception last distance moved further from the school in 2026 than in 2025 but was nearer than in 2023, with the biggest swing from 2025 to 2026.
- For Reception 2026 there were 28 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 86% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Croydon.
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
- Limpsfield Road, Sanderstead, South Croydon, CR2 9EA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 237 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this school.”
- “Children in the early years settle quickly.”
- “They work and play alongside one another well.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, the curriculum is not delivered as clearly when teachers’ subject expertise is not as secure.”
- “As a consequence, there are gaps in pupils’ knowledge and understanding.”
- “Occasionally, adaptations are not tailored precisely enough to the needs of pupils with SEND.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 2023 (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) | 86% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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.
- Atwood Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Ridgeway Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenvale Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harris Primary Academy Kenley 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kenley Primary School 1.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Selsdon Primary and Nursery School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley) 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Purley Oaks Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published