David Livingstone Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Thornton Heath, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.462 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
David Livingstone Academy is a primary school in Thornton Heath, Croydon for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 9 July 2025. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
David Livingstone 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 | 0.462 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
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.462 miles away, the 7th shortest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2023, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026: 36 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 24 offers went to first-choice families and 12 first-choice families (33%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 88% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% 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
- Northwood Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 8HX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 198 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 9 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils excel and thrive in this happy and inclusive school.”
- “The school expects a lot from all pupils, and standards are high.”
- “The school’s values of ‘hard work and kindness’ resonate through classrooms and result in most pupils achieving very well in national tests at the end of last year.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2025 (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) | 88% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 24 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 Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy 0.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Beulah Junior School 0.4 mi Requires improvement
- Beulah Infants' School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Downsview Primary and Nursery School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kensington Avenue Primary School 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Cypress Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published