Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Purley, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Purley, Croydon for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2023. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Margaret Roper Catholic 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils (England 62%) met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, and 12% (England 8%) reached the higher standard.
- Reception 2026 drew 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- With 1.0 first choices per offer, it was the 19th highest of 78 Croydon primary schools for Reception 2026.
- Free school meal eligibility is 14.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 28.9% across 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
- Russell Hill Road, Purley, CR8 2XP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 212 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are very happy at this school.”
- “Everyone feels welcome and part of the school community.”
- “Values thread through school life, and pupils show respect to everyone.”
To improve
- “However, curriculum thinking is not as well developed in a few subjects, which limits pupils’ deeper knowledge and understanding.”
- “On occasion, however, teaching does not identify and address pupils’ misconceptions swiftly.”
- “This limits some pupils’ readiness for future content.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 September 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) | 70% | 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: 31 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.
- Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley) 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Regina Coeli Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beaumont Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Purley Oaks Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Aerodrome Primary Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harris Primary Academy Purley Way 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Woodcote Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harris Primary Academy Kenley 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published