Forest Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.387 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Forest Academy is a primary school in Croydon for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 February 2022. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Forest 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 | 0.387 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
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.387 miles away, the 4th shortest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026's last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 73% met the expected standard (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Croydon.
- Reception 2026 had 12 first-choice applications for 12 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
- Bridle Road, Shirley, Croydon, CR0 8HQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 180 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 60% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 February 2022
Strengths
- “They are safe, happy and enjoy learning.”
- “Staff plan exciting activities to enhance the curriculum.”
- “For example, pupils in Year 6 recently spent two days on a working farm in Somerset developing their collaborative skills.”
To improve
- “However, there are a small number of staff who would benefit from further training.”
- “However, on occasions, these strategies are not always effective.”
- “For instance, in science, some pupils could not remember the previous week’s learning, which they needed in order to learn new content.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 March 2022 (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) | 73% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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.
- Harris Primary Academy Benson 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Orchard Way Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Applegarth Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Castle Hill Academy 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Quest Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Forestdale Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published