Norbury Manor Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.553 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Norbury Manor Primary School is a primary school in London, Croydon for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 February 2023. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Norbury Manor 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 | 1.553 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 last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 1.553 miles from the school, the 25th shortest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception last distances swung between years, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
- In Reception 2026 there were 46 first-choice applications for 53 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Abingdon Road, Norbury, London, SW16 5QR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 406 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 February 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders and staff ensure that the school motto of ‘make every moment count’ is part of the everyday culture of the school.”
- “Parents and carers typically agree, expressing the view that ‘the diversity of topics, trips, speakers and projects is amazing.”
- “It gives children access to a range of places, people and ideas’.”
To improve
- “Teaching does not yet take full account of these changes.”
- “As a result, progression through some aspects of the curriculum in these subjects is limited.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 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) | 55% | 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: 46 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 46 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.
- Kensington Avenue Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Winterbourne Boys' Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Winterbourne Junior Girls' School 0.9 mi Good
- Winterbourne Nursery and Infants' School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Gonville Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Downsview Primary and Nursery School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Paxton Academy Sports And Science 1.2 mi Good Last distance published