Ecclesbourne Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Thornton Heath, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.844 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ecclesbourne Primary School is a primary school in Thornton Heath, Croydon for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 May 2023. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Ecclesbourne 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 | 0.844 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 in 2026 lived 0.844 miles away, the 14th shortest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply, most of all from 2025 to 2026, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 57 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 53 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Attlee Close, Thornton Heath, CR7 7FA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 417 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 May 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have the highest ambition for all pupils.”
- “Pupils develop detailed knowledge in many areas of the curriculum.”
- “They are conscientious and respectful of one another.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, leaders have recently reviewed the curriculum in key stages 1 and 2 to define the knowledge that pupils should learn in more precise detail.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 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) | 75% | 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: 57 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 53 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.
- Elmwood Infant School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Elmwood Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- The Crescent Primary School 0.5 mi 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
- Broadmead Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Chestnut Park Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Paxton Academy Sports And Science 0.6 mi Good Last distance published