Heavers Farm Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.374 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Heavers Farm Primary School is a primary school in London, Croydon for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 June 2023. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Heavers Farm 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 | 1.374 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.374 miles from the school, 20th shortest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2023; 2026 brought 22 first-choice applications for 22 offers.
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 figure of 48% was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Croydon that have results.
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
- 58 Dinsdale Gardens, South Norwood, London, SE25 6LT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 259 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 June 2023
Strengths
- “Heavers Farm is a welcoming and friendly school.”
- “Pupils play happily together at social times, showing respect and kindness.”
- “Pupils trust adults to deal with any worries that they may have.”
To improve
- “However, the high-quality curriculum that is now in place needs time to fully embed.”
- “Its impact is not fully reflected in pupils’ outcomes in some areas in the 2022 national assessments.”
- “However, when hearing pupils read, there are occasions where staff do not focus pupils’ attention on practising and applying their phonics knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 July 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) | 48% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 22 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.
- St Chad's Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Norwood Primary 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Robert Fitzroy Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whitehorse Manor Infant School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitehorse Manor Junior School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Crescent Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mark's Church of England Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published