Robert Fitzroy Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.375 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Robert Fitzroy Academy is a primary school in Croydon for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 November 2023. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Robert Fitzroy 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 | 1.375 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 Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.375 miles from the school, the 21st shortest of the 64 Croydon primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.44 miles).
- The Reception 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2023, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 51 first-choice applications for 62 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 11 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- 80 Brampton Road, Croydon, CR0 6JN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 573 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils treat one another, and the adults, with kindness and respect.”
- “Staff encourage pupils to be aware of their behaviour and the impact it has on others.”
- “They provide opportunities for pupils to do ‘good deeds’, such as making and sending cards of appreciation to members of the emergency services who work over the Christmas period.”
To improve
- “In some areas of the curriculum where there have been recent changes, teaching sometimes focuses on the short-term knowledge pupils have studied, but does not help them to connect that knowledge to deepen pupils’ understanding of more complex concepts.”
- “Pupils confidently recall facts and key words about specific topics across the curriculum, but sometimes are not as confident in discussing more complex ideas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2024 (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) | 64% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 62 offers in total, 51 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.
- John Wood School & Nursery 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodside Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Heavers Farm Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Broadmead Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Crescent Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Chad's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Norwood Primary 0.7 mi Good Last distance published