St Joseph's RC Infant School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–7 · London, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's RC Infant School is a primary school in London, Croydon for ages 3–7 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 June 2024. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's RC Infant 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 9 of the 77 other Croydon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 2026 Reception entry drew 26 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Of the 73 applications for 2026 Reception entry, 32 (44%) came from families living outside Croydon, and 16 offers went to them.
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
- Crown Dale, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 3NX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 154 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their learning and the exciting range of activities they experience.”
- “Children in the early years have a strong start to their education, eagerly interacting with the range of resources available to enhance their learning and development.”
- “The school has high expectations for pupils and behaviour in lessons is calm.”
To improve
- “In these subjects learning is not fully embedded and some pupils do not build on their prior learning securely.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 28 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.
- St Joseph's RC Junior School 0.1 mi Standards maintained
- Rockmount Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Downsview Primary and Nursery School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- All Saints CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- David Livingstone Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kensington Avenue Primary School 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published