Gonville Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Thornton Heath, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.54 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Gonville Academy is a primary school in Thornton Heath, Croydon for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 April 2023. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Gonville Academy 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 | 1.54 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 2024/25, 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 1.54 miles away, 24th shortest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.44 miles).
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2023.
- Reception 2026 had 45 first-choice applications for 47 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
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
- Gonville Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 6DL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 427 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 April 2023
Strengths
- “This is a caring and welcoming school.”
- “Many parents and carers said that leaders and teachers are approachable and listen to their views.”
- “Pupils are friendly and supportive of each other.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, leaders miss opportunities to deepen pupils’ knowledge by helping them to link new knowledge to what they have learned before.”
- “As a result, pupils have a few gaps in their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 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) | 80% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 47 offers in total, 45 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.
- Paxton Academy Sports And Science 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Winterbourne Boys' Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Winterbourne Junior Girls' School 0.4 mi Good
- Winterbourne Nursery and Infants' School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- West Thornton Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ecclesbourne Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Elmwood Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Elmwood Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good