Forestdale Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.677 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Forestdale Primary School is a primary school in Croydon for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 5 May 2022. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Forestdale 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 | 3.677 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 3.677 miles away, further than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 21% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 44 first-choice applications for 47 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 18% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Croydon is 40.2%.
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
- Pixton Way, Croydon, CR0 9JE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 405 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 5 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are very proud of their school.”
- “They said that they find their learning enjoyable and stimulating.”
- “Pupils are eager to participate in discussions in lessons.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, however, leaders’ curriculum thinking is still developing.”
- “In geography, for example, it is unclear what important knowledge leaders want pupils to know and remember in each year group.”
- “Leaders have not considered how pupils’ understanding should build up over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 2022 (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) | 69% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 47 offers in total, 44 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.
- Courtwood Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Quest Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Applegarth Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Selsdon Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Greenvale Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Castle Hill Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Tudor Academy 1.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published